 When the new railway between Baba Station and Sekigahara Station was completed in 1889 so that trains became able to run from Tokyo to Kobe directly, the boat service was discontinued.At this time the railway branch between Baba Station and Ōtsu Station ceased passenger service but was continued as a freight-only line.Later in 1898 passenger service was revived on the branch, which in 1909 was named the Ōtsu Line.