However, trains go around toward the east between Momoyama Station and Shinden Station and run the edge of the central part of town in Joyo or to the south of Joyo; thus the regional and transportation gaps between the Nara Line and the Kintetsu Kyoto Line remain.
しかし桃山～新田間で東側に大きく迂回する形となっており、城陽以南は町の中心部の外れを走るので並行する近鉄京都線とは京奈間・地域輸送共にまだ格差がある。