Northbound trains to Sapporo departed from Ueno after 16:00, and called at Ōmiya, Utsunomiya, Kōriyama, Fukushima, Sendai, Ichinoseki, and Morioka.

[2] Prior to June 2010, the services were hauled by JR East Class EF81 dual-voltage electric locomotives.

[4] From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, smoking was banned in the restaurant car of Cassiopeia services.

[5] The last scheduled Cassiopeia services were discontinued in March 2016 ahead of the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed line.

[6] The coaches are also used on cruise train services to other destinations within the JR East region, which include Sendai and Aomori.