It is rare that the limited express train passes the special rapid train, except for one example in which the Limited Express 'Hakuto (train)' passes the special rapid train while the special rapid train is being decoupled at Himeji Station (there is an example that the limited express train passes the special rapid train on the Biwako Line, but this occurs within a quadruple track and the special rapid train doesn't wait for the limited express to pass).
同様の例は姫路駅での分割中に「はくと(列車)」が先発する例があるのみで、新快速が特急待避となることはまれである（琵琶湖線内で特急が新快速を追い抜く例はあるが、複々線区間内のため、通過待ち合わせは行わない）。