The required time between Tenmabashi Station and Gojo Station (it was not located in the actual place but in Shiokoji, near Kyoto Station), which was 1 hour and 40 minutes when the line was opened, was shortened to 1 hour and 30 minutes in July of the same year, and then to 1 hour 20 minutes in 1912, at the beginning of the Taisho period.
天満橋～五条（当時は現在の場所ではなく京都駅近くの塩小路）間の所要時間は開業当初1時間40分で、7月から1時間30分に、大正時代に入った1912年には1時間20分まで短縮した。