In the case of a one-way ticket exceeding 201 km, passengers aren't required to make an additional payment because Yamashina Station is 'within the railway fare system of specific metropolitan and urban area'; however, a ticket of short distance, particularly from Osaka and Kobe to Yamashina Station, is excluded from the specified sections of trains or fares; consequently the fare to Yamashina Station is much higher than that to Kyoto Station.
ちなみに片道201Kmを越える切符の場合「特定都区市内着」として当駅がそのまま利用でき追加料金を要しないが、近距離、特に大阪・神戸方面から来る場合は電車特定区間や運賃特定区間運賃の対象から外れるため、京都駅で下車する場合に比して運賃がかなり高くなる。