Taking advantage of the timetable revision made in March of 2001 to have the train stop at Kyuhoji Station, the required time between Osaka and Nara was extended to forty-four minutes at the fastest.
このため、2001年3月のダイヤ改正時の久宝寺駅停車を機に、大阪-奈良間の所要時間が最速44分に延長された。