Although trains that go directly to the JR Kyoto Line stop at Tsukamoto Station, trains that start from or terminate at Osaka Station and can be found early in the morning pass Tsukamoto Station without stopping.
JR京都線と直通する列車は塚本駅に停車するが、早朝などに見られる大阪駅始終着列車は塚本駅を通過する。