While limited express trains using new model cars run in the Tottori - Masuda section thanks to the completion of construction work for speed improvement in recent years, no superior trains have run in the Masuda - Hatabu section since the express service 'Isokaze (train)' was abolished.
鳥取～益田間は近年の高速化工事等により、新型車両の特急を登場させるまでに至ったが、その一方で益田～幡生間は「いそかぜ(列車)」廃止以降、優等列車はゼロとなった。