 From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to , local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new Shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.From this date, Furuma Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.In fiscal 2013, while still under the control of JR East, the station was used by an average of 118 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).