Sanyo Railway was using, in addition to Sanyo 820/850 series cars that were previously used for super-express trains, Sanden 2000 series cars including two-door cars for super-express and three-door cars for commuting trains, Sanden 250 series cars that were converted from Sanden 100 series wooden cars, Sanden 250 series cars, Sanden 270 series cars, Sanden 300 series cars that were converted from streamline-shaped small-size cars of Sanden 200 series cars, Sanden 2700 series cars that were converted from Sanden 700 series cars famous for broad-gauge 63 type, 700 type metal-made cars and Sanden 3000 series cars that are being used even at present.
山電も山陽電気鉄道820・850形電車といった元特急車のほか、2扉の特急車と3扉の通勤車が投入された山陽電気鉄道2000系電車、一部木造車が残っていた山陽電気鉄道100形電車を更新した山陽電気鉄道250形電車、山陽電気鉄道270形電車、流線型の山陽電気鉄道200形電車小型車を更新した山陽電気鉄道300形電車、広軌63系として有名な山陽電気鉄道700形電車を更新した山陽電気鉄道2700系電車と700系全金属改造車、そして現在も活躍する山陽電気鉄道3000系電車が運用されていた。