Efforts to streamline the end-stage JNR continued until the revision of the timetable in March of 1986 where all train series 201 at Takatsuki Depot were transferred to Akashi Depot to rationalize their operation in accordance with the policy of one line controlled by one depot.
国鉄末期の合理化の波はこれにとどまらず、1986年3月のダイヤ改正の際に、1線区1電車区の方針によって高槻配置の201系全編成が明石に転属し、運用の合理化を図った。