The station opened on 23 August 1901 as Tateoka Station (楯岡駅).[2] A new station building was completed in March 1935.[citation needed] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] The station was renamed Murayama Station on 4 December 1999 with the start of Yamagata Shinkansen operations.[citation needed] The current station building was completed on the same date.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]