As the freight feeder line on the Hirano side continued as the Katamachi Line, Shogakuji signal station (the third) was newly established at the bifurcation point from Osaka Higashi Line and the line between Shogakuji signal station and Hirano was treated as a branch line belonging to Katamachi Line.
平野側の貨物支線は片町線のまま存続するため、おおさか東線からの分岐点に正覚寺信号場（3代目）を新設して、正覚寺信号場-平野間を片町線所属の支線とする。