As for the line running across the coast of the Sea of Japan, the 511 and 512 trains, which ran as a night train in the section of the Uetsu Line, and the 513 and 514 trains (which then had a running distance of 1055.6 km), which ran as a night train twice in the section of the Hokuriku Line and the Ou Line, ran between Osaka and Aomori.
日本海縦貫線では大阪駅～青森駅間には羽越線を夜行で走る511・512列車、北陸線と奥羽線で2夜行になる513・514列車（運転区間の当時の営業キロは1055.6km）が存在するといった具合である。