 With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.In April 2014, work started to extend the platform by approximately to the east (toward Nishi-Urawa) to allow the train stopping positions to be offset by two car lengths on either side and alleviate crowding on the platform during busy periods.Costing approximately 200 million yen, work was scheduled to be completed around December 2014.