The operations of the entire line are controlled by the Osaka Transportation Control Division (formerly the operations division at Kamihoncho); the portion between Nagata Station and the railroad/street border point east to Shin-Ishikiri Station is operated based on the Tramways Act and that between the railroad/street border point and Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station is based on the Railway Business Act.
全線が大阪輸送統括部（旧上本町営業局）の管轄で、長田駅から新石切駅東方の鉄軌分界点までは軌道法による軌道、鉄軌分界点から学研奈良登美ヶ丘駅までは鉄道事業法による鉄道となっている。