Because of the time required for stopping for this division and connection, the travel time of the special rapid train between Osaka and Tsuruga stations is ten minutes longer than the initial estimate of 1 hour and 50 minutes (in particular, the travel time of special rapid trains between Kyoto Station and Omi-Nakasho, Makino and Nagahara stations is substantially equal to that of local trains between Kyoto and Nagahara stations).
この分割併合に要する停車などのため、新快速の大阪～敦賀間所要時間は当初想定の1時間50分から10分程度延びている（とくに京都～近江中庄・マキノ・永原間の所要時間は、京都～永原間運転の普通と比較してもほとんど大差がない）。