Given the difficulty of continuing the business, the Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd., transferred its railway business (the Echizen Main Line and Mikuni-awara Line) operated in the Fukui area to the Echizen Railway in 2003, thus withdrawing from the railway business.
京福電気鉄道は事業継続が困難になったとして、2003年に福井地区の鉄道事業（越前本線・三国芦原線）をえちぜん鉄道へ譲渡し撤退した。