 With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.The turntable located next to the station was sold to the private railway operator Tobu Railway in 2016, and installed next to Kinugawa-Onsen Station in Tochigi Prefecture for use by steam-hauled tourist trains.The station was a terminal station of the Sankō Line.