It was located along the Turku–Uusikaupunki railway, and functioned as the terminus of passenger services on the line from 1933 to 1993.

[1] Kalaranta was founded as a halt on 1 January 1933 to act as the new terminus on the Uusikaupunki line, due to the town's main station being located far from its center.

Initially, the halt was located on the western side of the Siltakatu bridge; in 1956, the halt was rebuilt and repositioned to the bridge's east, with a larger station building being constructed.

[2] Kalaranta was promoted to a staffed halt on 1 June 1962, and ticket sales services were initiated.

[2] Ticket sales at Kalaranta ceased on 1 October 1991, and passenger services on the entire Uusikaupunki railway ceased on 1 January 1993, which also marked the disestablishment of Kalaranta as an operating point.