During the daytime on weekdays, 3 trains per hour depart from Demachiyanagi Station for Kurama and for Nikenchaya on the Kurama Line, and 3 more trains depart for Yase-Hieizanguchi Station on the Eizan Main Line; more trains go to Nikenchaya than to Yase-Hieizanguchi, even though the latter is the railway company's main line.
平日昼間の出町柳発は、鞍馬線鞍馬行および二軒茶屋行が毎時各3本運転に対し、叡山本線八瀬比叡山口駅行は毎時3本で、同社本来の本線である八瀬比叡山口までよりも、二軒茶屋までの本数のほうが多くなっている。