Through the above setting of the trains, the special rapid train has come to run almost once an hour during the day between Nagahara Station and Omi-Shiotsu Station; additionally, one between 6 and 7 a.m. and one between 7 and 8 p.m. were added for the same section with the schedule revision of March 15, 2008.
これらの列車設定により、永原～近江塩津間も日中はほぼ1時間1本運転となり、2008年3月15日のダイヤ改正で同区間で6時台と19時台にもう1往復ずつ増発されている。