As the staff of Fukuchiyama-nishi station administered the station, passenger cars arrived at the station during daytime when operation interval was long and were forwarded to the Fukuchiyama-nishi station along with train crews/station staff and were kept there.
福知山駅の管理を福知山西駅の駅員が行っていたこともあり、昼間の間隔の空く時間帯は福知山駅に到着した旅客列車は乗務員、駅員と共に福知山西駅まで回送されて留置されていた。