While Special Rapid trains were then running on the outer tracks, the inner tracks were used for increased traffic services, such as extensions of short distance operations between Suita and Koshien-guchi to longer distance operations between Takatsuki and Kobe, as well as higher speed operations of local trains by eliminating shunting time to pass Special Rapid trains at Ashiya and Suma stations, thus founding the basis for present timetable of all trains including Rapid and Special Rapid trains.
新快速が外側線（列車線）を走るようになったことから、余裕のできた内側線の増発分として、吹田～甲子園口間の小運転の運転区間を高槻～神戸間に延長、同時に、芦屋、須磨での新快速の待避がなくなったことからスピードアップを実施して、快速、新快速も併せて現在に至るダイヤの基礎を形成した。