the trains stopped only during commuting hours during the morning and evening . 朝夕通勤時のみ列車が停車した。
november 27 , 1982: a new semi-express train service from ibarakishi station to umeda station was introduced for the morning commuting hours on weekdays . 1982年（昭和57年）11月27日 平日朝の通勤時間帯に、茨木市発梅田行きの準急を新設。
partly for this reason , rapid trains bound for amanohashidate have come to make stops at the station during the morning commuting hours since the timetable revision of march 2007 . そのためか、2007年3月改正より、朝通学時間帯の天橋立行きの快速が停車するようになった。
the stairs and sidewalks around the station are very crowded during commuting hours with people going to the offices of mitsubishi electric corporation , panasonic corporation , murata manufacturing co ., ltd ., etc . 三菱電機、松下電器産業、村田製作所などの企業オフィスへ向かう人によって階段、周辺歩道は通勤時間帯に非常に込み合う。
at the time of timetable revision in october 1978 , jnr tried to increase the transportation capacity during commuting hours by organizing two sets of seven-car trains with an extra set of four-car train (total eighteen cars ), composed of newly built cars plus existing cars like the extra trailer coach on the osaka loop line , a used tc transferred from the yamanote line and an extra car from akashi depot . 1978年10月のダイヤ改正の際に、新造車と大阪環状線の予備T及び山手線の中古Tcに明石の予備車を活用して7連×2本+予備4両1編成（計18両）を編成、通勤時の輸送力増強を図った。
