Because trains for shuttle operations use the draw-out track, which is not very common for JR, the westerly platform is used for Kyoto bound trains and the easterly platform is used either for trains terminating at this station or those bound for Nara (some trains for Kyoto), thus representing a completely segregated arrangement.
折り返し電車は、JRとしては珍しく引上線を使うために西側のホームは京都方面、東側のホームは当駅止め・奈良方面（一部京都方面行きの列車がある）と完全に分けられている。