Haranomachi Station opened on 3 April 1898. With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. In March 2016, the two trains, a four-car
651 series (
Super Hitachi) EMU and a
415-1500 series EMU, stranded at the station since the March 2011 tsunami, were removed by road for scrapping. The section of the Joban Line between and Haranomachi reopened on 12 July 2016. ==Passenger statistics==