[1] The line is regarded as the first fully converted or constructed "light rail transit" (LRT) in Japan.

During the time JR West operated the Toyamakō Line (which ended on 28 February 2006) it suffered a long period of declining passengers and the resulting reduction in service.

[2] Approximately six services are operated in each direction per hour in the morning, 4 in the daytime to evening, 2 in the late night.

Citizens of the city of Toyama over 65 years old are entitled to pay JPY 100 per ride in the daytime with the "Silver Passca".

Nicknamed "Portram", differently coloured 7 formations of TLR0600 type manufactured by Niigata Transys using Bombardier Transportation design, engineering, and technology based on the ADtranz low floor tram, were introduced to the line.