Local trains heading to Nara sometimes function as trains that trail behind rapid trains running to Takada by waiting in a passing loop at Kashiwara Station and gathering up passengers travelling from Oji Station to the Nara area.
奈良行普通は、柏原駅で待避した快速高田行の後続列車として王寺駅から奈良方面への乗客を集客する働きもある。