It is located directly outside the south entrance of the JR West station.

Yokogawa Station first opened on 25 September 1897 as part of the Sanyō Railway.

[1] On 1 December 1906, Yokogawa Station was nationalized, becoming part of Japanese Government Railways (JGR).

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

[1] On 5 February 1905, the first bus service in Japan began operating between Yokogawa and Kabe stations.