Before the electrification, many trains coming from the Tsuruga region had two to four vehicles, and separated the vehicles at Obama station and the front vehicle went to Higashi-Maizuru (for four years since 1992, also on the train for Amanohashidate running without conductors on board, the notice 'Be careful to not be on the wrong train' was announced) and sometimes the back two vehicles returned to Tsuruga, but after the electrification, mostly one to two vehicles were used and were not cut off at Obama station.
電化以前は2-4両での運用が多く敦賀方面から来た列車が、小浜駅で列車の切り離しを行い前1両は東舞鶴行き（1992年から4年間は天橋立行き、ワンマン運転時にも「お乗り間違いのないようにご注意ください」の注意放送がなされた）になり、後2両は折り返し敦賀行きになるパターンもあったが、電化以降は1-2両の運用がほとんどで小浜駅での列車切り離しもなくなった。