To remedy this situation, an increased number of local trains were allowed to use the passing loop at Hirano to allow rapid trains to pass, but in the Oji area, a limit was imposed on the number of trains that could use a passing loop in consideration of keeping a balance with freight trains on the Joto Goods Line of the Osaka Higashi Line.
そのため平野で快速列車を待避する列車を増やすなどの努力がなされたものの、王寺方面行に関してはおおさか東線城東貨物線の貨物列車との兼ね合いもあり平野で待避する列車は数に制限があった。