Basically, more rapid trains are operated than local trains between Amagasaki and Takarazuka, thereby resulting in the polarization of incoming and outgoing passenger patterns between the stops for local trains and rapid trains.
なお、尼崎～宝塚間は基本的に普通列車よりも快速列車の方が本数が多く、普通停車駅と快速停車駅の乗降客の二極化が起こっている。