In addition to the above-mentioned factors, 'Monju (train),' arriving at and departing from Shin-Osaka Station, which concurrently commenced operation, and 'Kitakinki,' an L-tokkyu (limited express) train on the Fukuchiyama Line, which had already started operation, came to comprise the North Kinki Big X Network.
これにより、同時に運行を開始した新大阪駅発着の「文殊_(列車)」とすでに運行を開始している福知山線エル特急「北近畿_(列車)」と合わせて北近畿ビッグXネットワークが構成されることとなる。