Kururi Line
Yokota Station opened on December 28, 1912 as on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. It was renamed Yokota Station on July 1, 1915. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.