Along with the adoption of train series 321, the Keihanshin Local Line shifted existing sixteen sets of eight-car trains (128 cars in total) to Morinomiya Electric Train Depot for use on the Osaka Loop Line and Sakurajima Line, as well as their existing sixteen sets of six-car trains (ninety-six cars in total) to Nara Electric Train Depot for use on the Yamatoji Line.
321系の投入により、201系は大阪環状線や桜島線用として森ノ宮電車区に8連16編成128両が転属し、また大和路線用に6連16編成96両が奈良電車区に転出した。