As a result of these unsustainable losses, in August 2007 the company formally requested financial support from the cities of Echizen, Sabae, and Fukui.

[2][3] During an extraordinary shareholders meeting on November 25, 2008, Haruo Murata, formerly of Fukui Bank, was selected as the company's new president.

[4] On February 24, 2009, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism officially approved the "Railway Business Restructuring Plan", which provides one billion yen over ten years for replacing equipment and facilities as well as reducing the company's fixed assets tax burden.

In March 2016 through operation started between Echizen and Fukui Railways started using Echizen L series and Fukui F1000 series low floor LRVs that are compatible with both networks, becoming Japan's first modern tram-train system.

In addition there are two morning local trips from Takefu-Shin arriving at Tawaramarchi around 8am which continue one stop onto the Mikuni Awara Line to terminate at Fukudai-mae Nishi-Fukui then return as a local service to Takefu-Shin - these trips do not divert via Fukui-Ekimae in either direction.