After the schedule revision of September 1991, and upon the completion of construction, the special rapid train came to run through to Nagahama Station from the Keihanshin area, thus producing economic effects such as an increase in the general population and numbers of tourists.
工事完成による1991年9月のダイヤ改正以降、京阪神からの新快速が長浜まで直通し、観光客の増加と人口増加という経済効果をもたらした。