Even after the system for the trains providing through-service between the Uji Line and the Keihan Main Line was divided in 2000 with Chushojima as the boundary, this track was used for the trains returning for Sanjo Station or Demachiyanagi Station at this station; however, after the train schedule was changed in the autumn of 2003, only one train returning at this station was operated on a weekday, and then, when the train schedule was changed in the spring of 2006, the operation for the trains returning at this station was abolished; accordingly, today only a few trains on the Uji Line use this track in the early morning (two trains a day in the weekday and a train on holidays).
2000年に宇治線と京阪本線の直通列車が中書島を境に系統分割された後も当駅折返し三条（又は出町柳）行ホームとして使用されていたが、2003年秋のダイヤ改正とともに当駅折返し列車は平日1往復となり、さらに2006年春のダイヤ改定後は当駅折返し列車が全廃されたため、現在は早朝のごく僅かの宇治線列車しか使用していない（平日2本、休日1本）。