Kitayama Station was opened on July 1, 1927 on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. A new station building was completed in March 1964. From 1946 to 2007, Kitayama Station was also the inspection yard for trains on the Seto Line.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3207 passengers daily.[2]