Although they were put in this category because they had a different pattern of stops on the Osaka Loop Line than regional rapid trains, by a timetable revision made on March 15, 2008, trains with this stopping pattern came to be called 'rapid trains' once again (Kyuhoji was added as a stop for rapid trains in the past).
大阪環状線直通の区間快速と停車パターンが違うのはこのことの名残であったが、2008年3月15日のダイヤ改正で同種の停車パターン（過去の快速に久宝寺を停車駅に加えたもの）の列車は再び「快速」を名乗ることとなった。