The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on 1 April 1979. It became part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with the breakup of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987.
Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Naruse being assigned station number JH22.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,096 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
↑"⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します"[Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area](PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
↑Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ"[JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
↑各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度)[Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.