Only four of the trains have been kept in operation, however, functioning mainly as early-morning connecting services for students. By June this year, Kuanghua-class trains from western Taiwan had been fully introduced into service on the Eastern Line, taking over from the Little Ding-dongs.
不過這款車型目前只剩四輛，多半是大清早當作學生通勤的區間車，尤其是今年六月西部縱貫線的光華號全面進駐東線後，原來東線的光華號「小叮噹」就要準備退休了。