In the construction for DC electrification, the dead sections between Nagahama Station and Torahime Station and between Nagahara Station and Omi-Shiotsu Station were transferred to the section between Tsuruga Station and Minami-Imajo Station (between Tsuruga Station and Hokuriku tunnel, Tsuruga exit), and the section on the Hokuriku Line, between Nagahama Station and Tsuruga Station and the section on the Kosei Line between Nagahara Station and Omi-Shiotsu Station were DC electrified, all of which were completed on September 24, 2006.
直流化工事は長浜～虎姫間、永原～近江塩津間にあったデッドセクションを敦賀～南今庄間（敦賀駅～北陸トンネル敦賀口間）に移設し、北陸線長浜～敦賀間、湖西線永原～近江塩津間を直流き電とするもので、2006年9月24日に完成した。