In the case of the Keihanshin Local Line, by contrast, trains ran, after parting with the Nishi-Oji Line of the Kyoto Municipal Tramway at Nishi-Oji Station, next stop from Kyoto, through the area where only a few factories and fields were located except around the station before arriving at Takatsuki, and after Takatsuki, they ran through the area where factories, fields, and residential districts were patchily located before passing over the Yodo-gawa River.
これに対して、京阪神緩行線の場合は、京都を出て次駅の西大路で当時の京都市電西大路線と分かれると、高槻の手前まで駅周辺を除くと点在する工場と田園地帯が続き、その後も淀川を渡るまで工場と田園地帯と住宅地がまだらに続いていた。