The non-profitable lines were abandoned, Eizan Electric Railway was split-up in 1986, and the railway business in Fukui Prefecture was discontinued in 2003 (except for part of the lines inherited by Echizen Railway).
不採算路線の廃止、1986年（昭和61年）に叡山電鉄の分社化、2003年（平成15年）に福井県における鉄道事業の廃止（一部路線はえちぜん鉄道が継承）をおこなった。