At that time, Japanese Government Railways (JGR), which was in charge of the management of Japan National Railway (JNR) and the jurisdictional control of private railways, was also anxious about the possibility of severe competition between railway companies, like the one that Hanshin and Hankyu were having.
また当時、日本国有鉄道の運営と私鉄の管轄を担っていた鉄道省も、阪神間のような熾烈な競争になることを憂慮していた。