nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The timetable was revised on March 17, 2007 for the first time in six years, and the following changes were made: the limited express began making stops at Awaji Station, the rapid limited express (integrated with Commuter Limited Express) and express were discontinued (degraded to semi-express), and the semi-express began the service during the daytime.
Japanese: 2007年3月17日に6年ぶりのダイヤ改正が行われ、特急の淡路停車、快速特急（通勤特急との統合）・急行の廃止（準急への格下げ）、データイム時の準急の新設などが行われた。
English: This type was operated during the morning rush hours and in the evenings or later on weekdays, and until March 2007, when the timetable was revised, this was the train that made the fewest stops among all types.
Japanese: 平日の朝ラッシュ時と夕方以降に運行され、2007年3月のダイヤ改正前までは最も停車駅の少ない列車であった。
English: Until March 1997 the train would stop at Takatsukishi Station in addition to the limited express stops (Umeda, Juso, Takatsukishi, Omiya, Karasuma and Kawaramachi), and it was operated during the morning and evening rush hours on weekdays.
Japanese: 1997年3月までは、当時の特急の停車駅に高槻市を加えた駅（梅田、十三、高槻市、大宮、烏丸、河原町）に停車し、平日の朝夕ラッシュ時に運転されていた。
English: Because all limited express trains began making stops at Takatsukishi Station with the revision in March 1997, the operation of 'Commuter Limited Express' was once discontinued, but following the revision in March 2001, in which the limited express stops underwent a significant change, this type was brought back with the same stops as before the discontinuation.
Japanese: 1997年3月改正で、全ての特急が高槻市に停車するようになったため、「通勤特急」の種別は一旦廃止されたが、2001年3月改正で特急停車駅が大幅に変更されたことに伴い、廃止前と同じ停車駅で復活した。
English: With the timetable revision in March 2007, Nagaoka-tenjin Station, Katsura Station and Saiin Station were added to the stops, and the number of stations at which to stop became more numerous than that of the rapid limited express trains operated before the revision.
Japanese: 2007年3月のダイヤ改正で長岡天神・桂・西院が停車駅に加わり、同改正まで運行されていた快速特急よりも停車駅が多くなった。
English: Because limited express goes nonstop at Saiin Station and Omiya Station, the stops of the Commuter Limited Express became quite similar to those of the rapid express train.
Japanese: また、西院と大宮は特急通過駅のため、本格的に快速急行に酷似した千鳥停車化が促進される。
English: This is the representative type of train running on the Kyoto Line; basically, it's operated during the daytime and in the evenings on weekdays, while on Saturdays and holidays it runs nearly all day except for in the early morning and late evening.
Japanese: 京都線の代表的種別で、基本的に平日の昼間から夕方の時間帯に、土曜・休日は早朝・深夜を除くほぼ終日運行される。
English: During the daytime the inbound limited express train makes a connection with a local train (that arrived at and departs from Takatsukishi Station) at Ibarakishi Station, and with a semi-express train at Takatsukishi Station and Katsura Station; moreover, the outbound limited express train makes a connection with a semi-express train at Katsura Station and Ibarakishi Station.
Japanese: 昼間においては上り列車は茨木市駅で普通（高槻市駅発着）、高槻市駅、桂駅で準急、下り列車は桂駅と茨木市駅で準急に緩急接続する。
English: The operation is carried out with the three-door trains of Hankyu (Electric) Railway Series 9300, Hankyu (Electric) Railway Series 8300, Hankyu (Electric) Railway Series 7300, Hankyu (Electric) Railway Series 5300 and the two-door trains of Series 6300.
Japanese: 3ドア車両の阪急9300系電車・阪急8300系電車・阪急7300系電車・阪急5300系電車・阪急3300系電車と2ドア車両の6300系で運用される。
English: Concerning the proportion of the limited express trains with three doors and those of Series 6300 operated during the daytime, slightly more than half the trains are operated with three-door cars nowadays because of the increased limited express stops, and on weekdays several trains are consecutively operated with three-door cars during certain hours.
Japanese: 昼間の特急の3ドア車と6300系の運用比率は、特急の停車駅が増えた関係で近年では3ドア車での運用が若干多くなっており、平日は3ドア車がそれぞれ数本連続して運用される時間帯もある。
English: On Saturdays and holidays, two-door cars and three-door cars are alternately operated in principle, but during the nighttime the operation is exclusively undertaken with three-door cars.
Japanese: 土休日は原則2ドア車と3ドア車が交互に走る運用となっているが、夜間はすべて3ドア車で運行されている。
English: When Series 6300 was introduced, some of the fleets that operated as limited express trains were carrying orange-background rollsigns with white letters that read "Limited Express."
Japanese: なお登場当時の6300系の一部の編成には特急の表示幕がオレンジ一色の幕に白文字で特急というものも存在していた。
English: After the war, the operation was restarted in 1950, and until the revision of March 2001 this type of train was operated nonstop between Osaka City and Kyoto City.
Japanese: 戦後は1950年に運転を開始、2001年3月改正までは特急が最速の種別で、1997年3月以前は大阪市内～京都市内間ノンストップであった。
English: At that time the train would stop at Umeda Station, Juso Station, Takatsukishi Station (from March 1997), Omiya Station, Karasuma Station and Kawaramachi Station.
Japanese: 当時の停車駅は梅田、十三、高槻市（1997年3月から）、大宮、烏丸、河原町であった。
English: The higher-category trains that operated between Kyoto and Osaka at that time consisted of two types--limited express and express trains--and the actual limited express stops eventually corresponded to the express stops, except for two stations (Saiin Station and Omiya Station) in Kyoto City, at which the actual limited express went nonstop.
Japanese: なお、当時の京阪間の優等列車は特急・急行の2本立てであり、現在の特急停車駅は、結果的に当時の急行から京都市内2駅（西院と大宮）を通過にしただけである。
English: With the revision of March 1997, the train started its operation (stopping at Umeda Station, Juso Station, Takatsukishi Station, Katsura Station, Omiya Station, Karasuma Station and Kawaramachi Station) and after the revision in March 2001 the train again began operating with the same stops as the former express train that was operated before the revision.
Japanese: 1997年3月改正で運転を開始（梅田、十三、高槻市、桂、大宮、烏丸、河原町に停車）、2001年3月改正以降は、それ以前の急行と同じ停車駅となった。
English: However, all the trains of this type reach the final station without being passed by any other train, and in this sense it can be said that they have enhanced their speed (by comparison with the former express trains).
Japanese: しかし、全列車が終着駅まで先着するなど、（かつての急行より）速達性は向上している。
English: Most of the trains are operated over the entire section, but some are operated in limited sections such as those starting from Nagaoka-tenjin Station for Umeda Station (only weekdays), starting from Ibaraki Station for Umeda Station (only holidays) or for Kawaramachi Station (only weekdays), starting from Awaji Station for Umeda Station (only weekdays).
Japanese: 大半の列車が全区間運転するが、一部は長岡天神始発梅田行き（平日のみ）、茨木市始発梅田行き（休日のみ）・河原町行き（平日のみ）、淡路始発梅田行き（平日のみ）も運転されている。
English: During the morning on weekdays, trains between Umeda Station and Ibarakishi Station are operated, and among them one inbound train makes a connection at its final station, Ibarakishi, with a rapid express train that starts from the same station, and on weekdays at night there is a train that operates from Umeda Station to Takatsukishi Station.
Japanese: 平日朝には梅田～茨木市の列車が運転されており、1本のみある上り列車は終着の茨木市で始発の快速急行に接続し、また平日夜間に梅田発高槻市行きが運転されている。
English: The demand during the daytime is somewhat small, so the train is operated with seven or eight cars.
Japanese: 昼間の需要がやや少ないために7両編成、もしくは8両編成で運行されている。
English: During the morning and evening rush hours on weekdays, this type of train is operated as a through-train to the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line (between Tengachaya and Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome) and the Hankyu Senri Line (between Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome and Awaji).
Japanese: 平日朝・夕方ラッシュ時に大阪市営地下鉄堺筋線（天下茶屋～天神橋筋六丁目）・阪急千里線（天神橋筋六丁目～淡路）の直通列車として運転される。
English: It was set up when the revision was made in March 2007, taking the place of the Sakaisuji-Kyuko (express) and Sakaisuji-Kaisokukyuko (rapid express) that had been running until then.
Japanese: 2007年3月改正で従来の堺筋急行・堺筋快速急行に代わって設定された。
English: In the morning, seven trains are operated from Kawaramachi Station or from Takatsukishi Station to Tengachaya Station, and in the evening seven trains are operated from Tengachaya Station to Ibarakishi Station.
Japanese: 朝は河原町・高槻市→天下茶屋間に合わせて7本、夕方は天下茶屋→茨木市間に7本が運転される。
English: The trains that operate to Ibarakishi Station make a connection with a rapid express train bound for Kawaramachi Station at Awaji Station (in addition to this Sakaisuji-Junkyu (semi-express), while some local trains starting from Tengachaya Station for Awaji Station and those for Kita-senri Station also make connections with a rapid express train, a local train or a limited express train bound for Kawaramachi).
Japanese: 夕方の茨木市行きは淡路で快速急行河原町行きに接続する（堺筋準急以外にその他、天下茶屋発淡路行き、北千里行き普通も一部は河原町行き快速急行または普通、特急に接続する）。
English: The name 'Sakaisuji-Junkyu' is used for convenience, and on the rollsign the train is denominated as 'Junkyu' (semi-express).
Japanese: なお、「堺筋準急」は便宜上の呼び方であり、表示幕は「準急」と表示される。
English: The rolling stock used by Hankyu Railway consists of the trains of Hankyu (Electric) Railway Series except Series 2300, 6300 and 9300, and they're always operated with the composition of eight cars.
Japanese: 車両は阪急側は2300系・6300系・9300系以外の8両編成のみ使用される。
English: Because the trains belonging to the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau are basically operated only up to Takatsukishi Station, they aren't used for Sakaisuji-Junkyu.
Japanese: 大阪市交の車両は原則として高槻市までの運転であることから、大阪市交の車両は使用されない。
English: Incidentally, when the Series 5300 wasn't equipped with an electric rollsign the train of this series would carry a plate comprised of three illuminable spaces on both sides of the body, where a rollsign is currently placed, and when the train (Sakaisuji-Junkyu) was operated the words Sakaisuji and Express were illuminated on the two of the three spaces with an unlit space in between, such as '堺筋　急行.'
Japanese: 蛇足ながら、5300系の電動式表示幕が非装備だった時代は、車体側面の現在表示幕となっている部分には「堺筋　急行」と、表示可能な3か所のうち2か所を点灯させて表示していた。
English: The remaining space was used when this series was employed as semi-express train, which had been operated until the timetable revision of March 2001, but when it was used as a limited express no description was illuminated.
Japanese: なお、残る1か所は2001年3月ダイヤ改正前まで設定のあった準急で、特急運用時には無表示としていた。
English: The principal operation routes are as follows: the route within the Kyoto Line, between Umeda Station and Kawaramachi Station (during the daytime up to Takatsukishi Station); the route running on the track of the Senri Line between Umeda Station and Kita-senri Station via Awaji Station; and the route that connects Tengachaya Station (through the Sakaisuji Line) with Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome Station and then goes to Takatsukishi Station via Awaji Station.
Japanese: 運転系統は主に京都線内の梅田～河原町（昼間時間帯は高槻市まで）と、千里線に乗り入れる梅田～淡路～北千里、天下茶屋～（堺筋線）～天神橋筋六丁目～淡路～高槻市である。
English: Principally, at Awaji Station the local train makes a mutual connection with a train that arrives at and departs from Umeda Station as well as with a direct train proceeding from the Sakaisuji Line.
Japanese: 原則として淡路駅で梅田発着の列車と堺筋線からの直通列車と相互接続を図っている。
English: In the case of the local train bound for Kita-senri Station, on the LED sign (on the lower scroll) at Umeda Station the train is indicated as 'direct' instead of 'local' (because the description 'local' might cause confusion with the local trains bound for Shojaku Station, Takatsukishi Station, Katsura Station and Kawaramachi Station on the Kyoto Line).
Japanese: 北千里行きに関しては梅田駅のLED（下段のスクロール）では「普通」ではなく「直通」と案内される（京都線の正雀･高槻市･桂･河原町行きの普通と混合になり混乱が生じるため）。
English: During certain hours there are trains that depart from and arrive at Shojaku Station (in this case the trains belonging to the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau are often used for through-operation to the Sakaisuji Line due to putting in and taking out the trains from the depot).
Japanese: 時間帯によっては正雀駅始終着の列車もある（この場合堺筋線の直通列車は入出庫の関係上市営車で運用されることが多い）。
English: Most of the trains are eight cars long, but the direct trains between Kyoto and Osaka, among others, are operated with a composition of seven cars.
Japanese: 8両編成がほとんどであるが、京阪間直通の列車を中心に7両編成が存在する。
English: The trains that arrive at and depart from Tengachaya Station are operated in eight-car units, using Hankyu Railway Series models other than Series 2300, 6300 and 9300, or Series 66 as used on the Sakaisuji Line.
Japanese: また天下茶屋発着の列車は2300系・6300系・9300系以外の8両編成と堺筋線の66系が使われる。
English: Regarding the operation from Takatsukishi Station and to the east, until 2001, all trains were less than seven cars long (because Minase Station and Kanmaki Station couldn't accommodate trains having more than seven cars).
Japanese: 高槻市以東に関しては2001年までは全列車7両編成以下だった（これは水無瀬、上牧の各駅が7両編成対応ホームであったため）。
English: The operation was suspended due to the timetable revision of March 2007 (basically, it was integrated with the Commuter Limited Express).
Japanese: 2007年3月のダイヤ改正で休止された（実質的には通勤特急と統合）。
English: Rapid limited express trains were operated in principle using Hankyu Railway Series 6300, and the fifth car to the direction of Osaka was designated as a women-only car.
Japanese: 快速特急は原則として阪急6300系電車で運転され、平日には大阪寄り5両目が女性専用車両となっていた。
English: It was operated during the daytime and the evening, and in the late evenings on weekdays (only one inbound train, which terminated at Takatsukishi Station) (following this inbound train, a local train was operated as the last train, starting from Umeda Station for Takatsukishi Station).
Japanese: 昼間と夕方の時間帯と平日深夜（上り1本のみの高槻市止まり（梅田発高槻市行最終はその次の普通列車））に運行。
English: During the daytime, in which there was no local train service between Takatsukishi Station and Kawaramachi Station, express provided the service in the place of local trains that stopped at every station, and the outbound train of this type made a connection with a limited express train at Katsura Station and Ibarakishi Station, and with the inbound train at Takatsukishi Station and Katsura Station, respectively.
Japanese: 昼間時間帯は普通の運転のない高槻市～河原町の各駅停車の代わりとなり、下りは桂と茨木市で、上りは高槻市と桂で特急と緩急接続していた。
English: This is the type of train that had been operated since the post-war period, and on March 2007, when its operation was suspended, it was making stops at Umeda Station, Juso Station, Awaji Station, Minami-ibaraki Station, Ibarakishi Station, and the stations between Takatsukishi Station and Kawaramachi Station.
Japanese: 終戦直後から存在する種別で、2007年3月の休止時点の停車駅は梅田、十三、淡路、南茨木、茨木市、高槻市～河原町間の各駅。
English: Its stops until March 2001 were: Umeda, Juso, Awaji, Ibarakishi, Takatsukishi, Nagaoka-tenjin (the train would stop only in the morning and in the evening on weekdays until the revision was made in March 1979), Katsura, Saiin, Omiya, Karasuma and Kawaramachi stations; today the rapid express is operated with the same stops.
Japanese: 2001年3月までの停車駅は梅田、十三、淡路、茨木市、高槻市、長岡天神（1979年3月改正までは平日朝夕のみの停車）、桂、西院、大宮、烏丸、河原町であり、現在運行されている快速急行がこの停車駅を踏襲している。
English: Sometimes special trains were operated: on the day when a soccer game of the J. League was held, to Minami-ibaraki Station and Nishikyogoku Station, and when a bicycle race was held at Kyoto Mukomachi Bicycle Racetrack, to Higashi-muko Station.
Japanese: また、サッカーJリーグの試合が行われる日には南茨木や西京極に、京都向日町競輪場が行われる日は東向日に、それぞれ臨時停車することもあった。
English: During the evening rush hours on weekdays, this rapid express was operated as a direct train that ran through on the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji and Hankyu Senri lines.
Japanese: 平日夕方ラッシュ時に大阪市営地下鉄堺筋線・阪急千里線の直通列車として運行された。
English: The timetable revised in March 2007 changed its operation setup, and this type of rapid express had disappeared because it was necessary to make a connection with a rapid express train heading for Kawaramachi at Awaji Station; instead, the Sakaisuji-Junkyu (semi-express) was introduced.
Japanese: 2007年3月のダイヤ改正で、淡路で快速急行河原町行きに接続する観点から消滅し、代わって堺筋準急が設定された。
English: It was operated during the morning rush hours on weekdays, serving as a direct train between the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line and the Hankyu Senri Line.
Japanese: 平日朝ラッシュ時に大阪市営地下鉄堺筋線・阪急千里線の直通列車として運転されていた。
English: Until the revision of March 2001 there was a train for Kawaramachi Station, and on the inbound track as well as on the outbound track it stopped at the same stations as Sakaisuji-Kaisokukyuko (rapid express), which was introduced with this revision.
Japanese: 2001年3月改正以前は河原町行きも運転されて、停車駅は上り・下りとも同改正で設定された堺筋快速急行と同じであった。
English: Eight-car trains of the Series 5300 had been exclusively used until the Series 3300, which was completely equipped with renewed air-conditioning and an electric destination indicator (according to the type), started full-scale operation for the express service.
Japanese: 3300系への冷房改造・電動式行先種別表示装置取付が完了し急行運用にも本格的に進出するまでの間は、5300系8両編成で限定運用されていた。
English: The names Sakaisuji-Kaisokukyuko and Sakaisuji-Kyuko were used for the sake of convenience, and on the rollsign the trains' denominations were indicated as 'Kaisokukyuko' (rapid express) and 'Kyuko' (express), respectively.
Japanese: 上記の堺筋快速急行および堺筋急行は便宜上の呼び方であり、表示幕は「快速急行」「急行」と表示される。
English: The rolling stock consisted of the trains of the Hankyu (Electric) Railway Series except for the Series 2300, 6300 and 9300, using the composition of eight cars, but the trains belonging to the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau weren't used.
Japanese: 車両は2300系・6300系・9300系以外の8両編成のみ使用され、大阪市交の車両は使用されない。
English: When the Series 5300 wasn't equipped with an electric rollsign, the train of this series was carrying a plate composed of three illuminable spaces on both side of the body, where a rollsign is currently placed, and when the train (Sakaisuji-Kyuko) was operated, the words "Sakaisuji" and "Express" were illuminated on the two of the three spaces, leaving a space unlit in between, such as '堺筋　急行' (the remaining space in between was used for the semi-express, which had been operated until the timetable revision made in March 2001, but when this series was used as a limited express no description was illuminated).
Japanese: 5300系の電動式表示幕が非装備だった時代は、車体側面の現在表示幕となっている部分には「堺筋　急行」と、表示可能な3か所のうち両端の2か所を点灯させて表示していた（残る1か所は2001年3月ダイヤ改正前まで設定のあった準急で、特急運用時には無表示）。
English: It was introduced in 1997 in order to reduce the required time from the stations from Takatsukishi Station and to the east toward Umeda Station.
Japanese: 高槻市以東の各駅から梅田方面への速達化を図るため、1997年に新設された。
English: At that time there was a semi-express that would stop at Minamikata Station (Osaka Prefecture) and Sozenji Station, in addition to the express stops from Takatsukishi Station and to the west, but this train made a difference because, although it started making a stop at each station in mid-course, it went nonstop at these two stations, and therefore it was necessary to create an intermediate type between the express and the semi-express.
Japanese: 当時、高槻市以西の急行停車駅以外にも南方駅(大阪府)・崇禅寺駅に停車する準急が運転されており、途中から各駅に停車するもののこの2駅を通過するという違いが生じるため、急行と準急の中間の種別を設定する必要が生じたことが設定の理由である。
English: The denomination of 'rapid' started being used again from FY 2007 for a type of special train in the tourist season (the details are described later).
Japanese: なお、「快速」の種別名称は、2007年度より行楽時の臨時列車の種別として復活する（後述）。
English: On the weekday mornings the outbound trains start from Ibarakishi Station, and for Saturday mornings the outbound trains have been operated from Takatsukishi Station since 1997.
Japanese: 平日朝は下りのみ茨木市始発で、土曜日朝は1997年以降の下りのみ高槻市始発で運転。
English: Currently, this type of train is mainly operated on the Kyoto Main Line during the spring and autumn tourist seasons.
Japanese: 現在、主に春・秋の行楽シーズンには、京都本線において臨時列車が運行されている。
English: Following the timetable revision of spring 2007, the types of trains in regular service were restructured, and this type was introduced in autumn 2007 in the place of the 'special limited express,' which is mentioned below.
Japanese: 2007年春のダイヤ改正での定期運転種別再編に伴い、後述の「臨時特急」に代わって2007年秋より設定された臨時列車。
English: It runs between Umeda Station and Takatsukishi Station based on the time schedule of the semi-express, while between Takatsukishi Station and Kawaramachi Station it runs according to a schedule designed for special trains (which designates the same stops as those of the Commuter Limited Express).
Japanese: 梅田～高槻市は準急のダイヤグラムで走り、高槻市～河原町を臨時設定ダイヤ（ちなみに停車駅は定期の通勤特急と同様である）で走る。
English: Owing to the introduction of the rapid train, the number of semi-express trains operated between Takatsukishi Station and Kawaramachi Station (in this section they would stop at every station) had to be reduced, and therefore the local trains between Umeda and Takatsukishi extended their operations up to Takatsukishi Station and to the east.
Japanese: 快速が設定された分だけ高槻市～河原町間の準急（各駅停車）が減るため、梅田～高槻市間の普通が高槻市以東にも延長運転される。
English: In the case of the ordinary semi-express, the inbound train waits for a limited express train to pass at Takatsukishi Station, but this rapid train waits for a limited express train to pass at Nagaoka-tenjin Station.
Japanese: 上り列車は通常の準急の場合、高槻市で特急を待避するが、この快速は長岡天神での特急待避となる。
English: As opposed to the former 'Ii Koto Express,' this type didn't make a crew change at Takatsukishi Station.
Japanese: 旧「いい古都エクスプレス」と異なり、高槻市駅でのスタフの交換は実施されなかった。
English: In FY 2007, it was operated on the three consecutive holidays starting from November 23, but whether it will be operated next spring like the former 'Ii Koto Express' hasn't yet been determined.
Japanese: 2007年度は11月23日からの3連休のみの運転で、今後、旧「いい古都エクスプレス」同様に春季にも運転されるかどうかは未定である。
English: Umeda Station, Juso Station, Minamikata Station, Awaji Station, Kami-shinjo Station, Minami-ibaraki Station, Ibarakishi Station, Takatsukishi Station, Nagaoka-tenjin Station, Katsura Station, Saiin Station, Omiya Station, Karasuma Station and Kawaramachi Station
Japanese: 梅田、十三、南方、淡路、上新庄、南茨木、茨木市、高槻市、長岡天神、桂、西院、大宮、烏丸、河原町
English: As the predecessor of the special rapid mentioned above, this type was formerly operated in the tourist seasons on the Kyoto Main Line.
Japanese: 前述の臨時快速の前身として、かつて京都本線にて行楽シーズンに運転されていた臨時列車である。
English: It was operated on the express time schedule between Umeda Station and Takatsukishi Station, while between Takatsukishi Station and Kawaramachi Station it ran on the time schedule established for special trains.
Japanese: 梅田～高槻市は急行のダイヤで走り、高槻市～河原町を臨時設定ダイヤで走る。
English: On March 13, 2001, its introduction was announced as a special limited express train for the tourist seasons, replacing the special express 'Sagano Express' that had been operated in the tourist seasons, and the service began on March 24 as the spring 'Special Limited Express.'
Japanese: 2001年3月13日にそれまでの行楽期の臨時急行列車「嵯峨野エクスプレス」に代わる行楽期の臨時特急列車として新設されることが発表され、3月24日春の「臨時特急」として運行を開始。
English: From November 11, the train started its operation with the denomination 'Ii Koto Express,' and it was operated as a special limited express until the timetable was revised on March 17, 200X.
Japanese: 11月11日から「いい古都エクスプレス」として運行を開始、臨時特急としては2007年3月17日のダイヤ改正まで運転されていた。
English: Owing to the introduction of this special limited express, the number of the express trains operated between Takatsukishi Station and Kawaramachi Station (in this section they would stop at every station) had to be reduced, and therefore the operation of local trains between Umeda Station and Takatsukishi Station was extended to cover from Takatsukishi Station to Kawaramachi Station (some trains up to Katsura Station).
Japanese: なお、臨時特急が設定された分だけ高槻市～河原町間の急行（各駅停車）が減るため、梅田～高槻市間の普通が高槻市～河原町（一部は桂）間で延長運転されていた。
English: Normally, the inbound train waited for a limited express train to pass at Takatsukishi Station, but this type was operated on a time schedule in which it did not make a refuge stop and instead reached Kawaramachi Station first, without being overtaken by any faster trains.
Japanese: 通常上り急行は高槻市で特急を待避するが、この列車は待避せずにそのまま逃げ切り河原町まで先着するダイヤであった。
English: On the contrary, the outbound train of this type was passed by a limited express train at Ibarakishi Station as an exceptional case in which a (special) limited express train waited for a (regular) limited train to pass at a station.
Japanese: 逆に下りは、茨木市で特急に抜かれるため、（臨時）特急が（定期）特急を待避する珍しいケースが見られた。
English: Initially, the operation was rather frequently carried out such as on Saturdays and holidays from late March to early May, and from late September to late November, respectively, but the number of operable days had been decreased year by year, and in 2006--the final year of this service--the train was operated only in early April, early May and late November with fewer than 10 days' service in total.
Japanese: 新設当時は3月下旬～5月上旬、9月下旬～11月下旬の土曜・休日といったように比較的多くの日で運転されていたが、年々運転日が減少し、運転最終年となった2006年は4月上旬・5月上旬と11月下旬のみで、合わせて年10日以下となっていた。
English: Hankyu Railway has a rule of avoiding the description of 'special' on the departure information board at its stations to indicate a special train; however, for 'Ii Koto Express' the description 'Special Limited Express' was exceptionally used on the departure information board so that passengers wouldn't be confused.
Japanese: 阪急では、臨時列車については駅の発車案内板では「臨時」の表示は原則として行わない（列車の方向幕には「臨時○○」と表示する）が、この「いい古都エクスプレス」では、乗客が混乱しないようにあえて駅の発車案内板でも「臨時特急」と表示していた。