The Kansai Railway line between Amijima, Shijonawate and Shin-Kizu was considered to be the main line connecting Nagoya and Osaka, and direct trains ran between Amijima and Nagoya through Shijonawate, but in 1900 the Kansai Railway merged with the Osaka Railway and changed the main line between Nagoya and Osaka to one running through Oji and while, after 1907 when the line between Kamo and Nara through Daibutsu changed to run through Kizu, only the local line between Kizu, Sakuranomiya and Katamachi remained.
関西鉄道は網島-四条畷-新木津間を名阪間を結ぶ本線とし、網島-名古屋間に四条畷経由で直通列車を運転するが、1900年に大阪鉄道を合併して名阪間の本線を王寺経由に変更、さらに加茂-奈良間を大仏経由から木津経由に変更した1907年より後は、木津-桜ノ宮・片町間を結ぶだけのローカル線となった。