Local trains (including rapid trains) that run the entire line without a transfer are available only in the early hours of the morning or in the evening, and the routes for those trains that run during the midday hours are separated according to where the train runs on the line between Amagasaki and Sasayamaguchi or between Sasayamaguchi and Fukuchiyama.
全線直通運転を行う普通列車（快速列車を含む）は、朝と夕方以降に限定されており、昼間時間帯は尼崎～篠山口間、篠山口～福知山間で運行系統が分かれている。