DeHa 701 was equipped with fare collection boxes at each end for wanman driver only operation.

[1] The cars entered revenue service on the Choshi Electric Railway from 5 April 1978.

DeHa 701 was repainted into a promotional yellow livery in June 1994, and "couple seats" were provided together with heart-shaped hanging straps in a tie-up with a TV Tokyo television programme.

DeHa 701 was returned to service in April 1996 following repairs and repainting back into the new standard livery of dark brown and red.

[3] In November 2011, the two cars were moved to the Isumi Poppo-no-oka farm shop in Isumi, Chiba,[4] where they were restored and repainted for use as shop facilities selling local produce and souvenirs, open to the public from 16 December 2011.