After departing Yao Station, trains run seeing the vast site of the former Ryuge Train Yard on the left and arrive at the Kyuhoji Station where the line connects with the Osaka-higashi Line, a passenger line that was converted from the Joto Freight Line.
八尾を出ると左手に広大な竜華操車場跡を見ながら城東貨物線を旅客線として転用したおおさか東線と接続する久宝寺駅となる。