The section (with this station as a midpoint) was constructed, making use of the road bed that the Japan National Railways (JNR) Nara Line (former Nara Railway, which was later transferred to Kansai Railway Company) had been using until the route was changed in 1921, and during the times of the Nara Railway there was a station at nearly the same place.
当駅を含む区間は、日本国有鉄道奈良線（旧奈良鉄道&rarr関西鉄道）が1921年にルート変更する前の路盤を利用して建設されているが、奈良線時代にもほぼ同位置に伏見駅があった。