The shortest route between Obama and Higashi-Maizuru is by way of the Sanin Main Line and the Maizuru Line and most of the passengers from the Kyoto and Osaka region, who visited Wakasa-Takahama and Wakasa-Hongo region, came and went from the Higashi-Maizuru side.
小浜-東舞鶴間は京都から山陰本線・舞鶴線経由が最短ルートで、京都・大阪方面から若狭高浜・若狭本郷方面へのほとんどの乗客は東舞鶴側から出入りしていた。