Only local trains would stop at Keage Station, because the facility was adapted only to cars having steps for boarding or exiting; express trains (discontinued in 1981) and sub-express trains would bypass the station.
乗降用ステップを装備した車両しか客扱いができないため、普通列車のみの停車駅で、急行（1981年廃止）・準急は通過していた。