Instead, along with the existing Express 'Tanba,' that name was given to the other major trains running in the section between Osaka Station and some stations in northern Hyogo Prefecture (or in the northern area of Kyoto Prefecture) by way of the Fukuchiyama Line.
主に大阪駅発着福知山線経由で兵庫県北部・京都府北部発着の列車名として「丹波」の名称が充てられる。