In the daytime on weekdays, more trains are operated in the direction of the Kurama Line (at Demachiyanagi Station, three trains an hour start out for Yase-Hieizanguchi Station, while six trains an hour run in the direction of the Kurama Line, including those returning from Nikenchaya Station (Kyoto Prefecture)).
平日昼の運転本数が鞍馬線方面電車の方が多い状態になっている（出町柳駅発において、八瀬比叡山口行が毎時3本に対し、鞍馬線方面は二軒茶屋駅(京都府)折り返しも含めると毎時6本となっている）。