Between Maibara Station and Osaka Station, a competition looks to exist between the Shinkansen line by JR Tokai and the Biwako line/JT Kyoto line by JR West, but it can be said that actually they are operated harmoniously.
米原駅-大阪駅間についてJR東海の新幹線とJR西日本の琵琶湖線・JR京都線で競合が見られるが、棲み分けがなされているといえる。