However, the ridership on this section between Tamba-Oyama Station and Tamba-Takeda Station per day in the fiscal 2003, even as the figures for all eight stations on the section were added up, accounted for about 3,600 people, most of whom were high-school students; and furthermore, the ridership above Sasayamaguchi Station has shown a downward trend.
だが、2003年度の1日の乗車人員はこの区間の丹波大山駅から丹波竹田駅までの8駅を合わせても約3,600人であり、その多くが高校生であり、また篠山口駅以北では減少傾向にある。