[3] Besides local services, the Uzushio limited express between Okayama, Takamatsu and Tokushima also stops at the station.

A JR ticket window (without a Midori no Madoguchi facility) is available but open for limited hours only.

Hiketa Station was opened on 15 April 1928 as the terminus of the Kōtoku Line when the track was extended eastwards from Sanuki-Tsuda.

It became a through station on 20 March 1935 when the line was extended further east to link up with other tracks to establish a through-service to Sako.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.