From 18 March 2007, all cars were made non-smoking.<ref name="jrr2010">{{cite book |title = JR電車編成表 2010夏 |trans_title= JR EMU Formations - Summer 2010| publisher = JRR | date = May 2010 | location = Japan | page = 183| isbn = 978-4-330-14310-1}}</ref>
From 12 March 2011, ''Kitakinki'' services were renamed ''[[Kōnotori (train)|Kōnotori]]'', coinciding with the introduction of new [[287 series]] EMUs.<ref name="dj320">{{cite journal| title = JR西日本 287系デビュー時に特急「北近畿」を「こうのとり」に改呼|trans_title=JR West to rename "Kitakinki" as "Kōnotori" with debut of 287 series | journal = Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine | volume = 39| issue = 320| page = p.73| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun | location = Japan | date = December 2010}}</ref>
