[1] All services on the line are all-stations "Local" (普通, Futsū) driver-only operation trains.

[1] A small number of services continue to and from Komoro on the Shinano Railway Line operated by the same company south of Nagano.

[1] In addition to Shinano Railway services, JR East Iiyama Line through-running services to and from Nagano also use the section of the line between Nagano and Toyono.

[1] At Myōkō-Kōgen, the northern end of the line, a cross-platform transfer is provided to the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line continuing northward along the former Shinetsu Main Line, with Shinano Railway trains normally using platform 2 and Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains normally using platform 3.

[1] Services are operated using 115 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains transferred from JR East.