With the opening of the Osaka Higashi Line in March of 2008, once island platforms were implemented at Kyuhoji to make transfers between local trains running to the Oji area and rapid trains, stop times generally became a few minutes longer at Kyuhoji and a few minutes shorter at Kashiwara due to many timetables being set to have local trains wait for the new train running on the Osaka Higashi Line.
2008年3月のおおさか東線の開業により、王寺方面行きの普通列車は久宝寺で快速列車と緩急接続した後、続いて入線するおおさか東線の列車を待つダイヤが多く組まれるようになったため、おおむね久宝寺での停車時間が若干長くなり、柏原での停車時間が若干短くなった。