Most of the unmanned stations aren't equipped with ticket gates, and thus passengers take a numbered ticket from a numbered ticket issuing machine installed at the entrance of the train when boarding, or pass the KANSAI THRU PASS through a card reader in order to have the station name where they board recorded on their card.
無人駅のほとんどでは駅での改札はなく、乗車時に電車の乗車口に設置された整理券発行機から整理券を取るか、スルッとKANSAI共通カードをカードリーダーに通し、乗車駅を記録させる。