However, against the company's expectation it was revealed that the 'all seats--priority seats' rule had not been accepted among the passengers and the give-and-take spirit of the seats was seldom practiced; therefore, the company decided to review the 'all seats--priority seats' rule, based on the request to bring back the priority seating, as presented at the shareholders' meeting of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings at the end of June 2007; and on October 29 of the same year the 'all seats--priority seats' rule was abolished and the reserved 'priority seats' were designated.
ところが、阪急電鉄側の思惑とは裏腹にこの「全席優先座席」は浸透せず、ほとんど座席の譲り合いが行われていないという現状を受け、2007年6月末の阪急阪神ホールディングスの株主総会で再設置の要望があったのを機に全席優先座席を見直すことになり、同年10月29日に「全席優先座席」は廃止され、再び「優先座席」を設置した。