Because Express trains don't stop at Kodo Station, which is near the Doshisha University Kyotanabe Campus, and because the intervals between local trains stopping at Kodo Station vary from 7.5 minutes to 22.5 minutes due to their turning back at Shin-Tanabe, some people have requested local trains going through to Shin-Tanabe Station up to Kintetsu Miyazu Station (refer to the article on "Kodo Station".)
同志社大学京田辺キャンパスに近い興戸駅は急行が停まらないのと烏丸線直通普通が新田辺折返のため近鉄普通の運転間隔が7分半～22分半間隔に開いていて不便なため、新田辺駅へ乗入れる普通電車の近鉄宮津駅への延長の要望もある（詳しくは興戸駅の項を参照）。