| Opened | 1974 | Tracks | Double track |
| Mapion | Major stations | Connecting lines | Km | City | Prefecture | |
| Map | Map | Kyōto | | 0.0 | Kyōto-shi | Kyōto |
| Map | Map | Yamashina | Keihan: Keishin [Keihan-Yamashina], JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), Kyōto-shi: Tōzai | 5.5 | Kyōto-shi | Kyōto |
| Map | Map | Ōtsukyō | Keihan: Ishiyama Sakamoto [Ōjiyama] | 10.9 | Ōtsu-shi | Shiga |
| Map | Map | Hieizan-Sakamoto | Keihan: Ishiyama Sakamoto [Sakamoto] | 16.6 | Ōtsu-shi | |
| Map | Map | Katata | | 23.2 | Ōtsu-shi | |
| Map | Map | Ōmi-Maiko | | 37.7 | Ōtsu-shi | |
| Map | Map | Shin-Asahi | | 53.8 | Takashima-shi | |
| Map | Map | Ōmi-Imazu | | 58.7 | Takashima-shi | |
| Map | Map | Nagahara | | 73.8 | Nagahama-shi | |
| Map | Map | Ōmi-Shiotsu | JR West: Hokuriku Hon | 79.6 | Nagahama-shi | |
| Map | Map | Tsuruga | | 94.1 | Tsuruga-shi | Fukui |
| Type | Name | Origin - Major stops - Destination | Trains per day | Daytime frequency | Fastest train | Average speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeper Limited Express Shindai tokkyū 寝台特急 | Twilight Express トワイライトエクスプレス | Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Naoetsu - Niitsu - (no stops) - (Akita) - (Hakodate) - Tōya - Sapporo | 4-7 times/week | 22h02 | 68 km/h | |
| Nihonkai 日本海 | Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Naoetsu - Niitsu - Akita - Aomori | 1 | 14h58 | 68 km/h | ||
| Limited Express Tokkyū 特急 | Business Thunderbird ビジネスサンダーバード | Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Kanazawa | 1 every Monday | 2h47 | 96 km/h | |
| Thunderbird サンダーバード | Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Kanazawa - Toyama - Uozu | 1 | 3h35 | 98 km/h | ||
| Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Kanazawa - Toyama | 14 | 3h13 | 102 km/h | |||
| Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Kanazawa - Nanao - Wakura-onsen | 4 | 3h53 | 87 km/h | |||
| Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga - Kanazawa | 4 | 2h43 | 99 km/h | |||
| Special Rapid Shin kaisoku 新快速 | (Banshū-Akō/Aboshi/Himeji -) Ōsaka - Kyōto - Tsuruga | 9 | 1h59 | 69 km/h | ||
| (Himeji -) Ōsaka - Kyōto - Ōmi-Imazu | 1 | 1h19 | 77 km/h | |||
| Local Futsū 普通 | Kyōto - Nagahara | 5 | 1h16 | 58 km/h | ||
| Kyōto - Ōmi-Imazu | 20 | 1/hour | 1h03 | 56 km/h | ||
| Kyōto - Ōmi-Maiko | 32 | 2/hour | 42 min | 54 km/h | ||
| Kyōto - Katata | 4 | 24 min | 58 km/h | |||
| Ōmi-Imazu - Tsuruga (- Fukui) | 2 | 40 min | 53 km/h | |||
| Ōmi-Imazu - Ōmi-Shiotsu (-Maibara) | 6 | 18 min | 70 km/h |