Since privatization, however, improvement has been made to a certain extent, such as the efforts to strengthen local transportation in the Tottori - Kurayoshi - Yonago - Matsue- Izumoshi section, which had been dominated by bus transportation.
それでも民営化後は、それまでバスの独占状態であった鳥取～倉吉～米子～松江～出雲市のローカル輸送に力を入れるなど、以前に比べれば改善がみられる。