It had given almost no consideration to transportation to the city's outskirts; following the dissolution and privatization of Japan National Railway and the beginning of JR West, however, Uzumasa Station was opened, and the route between Saga-Arashiyama Station and Umahori Station was relaid and double-tracked.
都市近郊輸送に関してはほとんど考慮されていなかったが、国鉄分割民営化でJR西日本が発足した後、太秦駅の開業や嵯峨嵐山駅～馬堀駅間の複線新線切り替えが行われた。