| Rèile na h-Alba (Scottish Gaelic) | |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Franchise(s) | ScotRail October 17 2004 – March 31 2015 |
| Main region(s) | Scotland |
| Other region(s) | North West England North East England |
| Fleet size | 311 |
| Stations operated | 344 |
| Route km operated | 3032.0 |
| National Rail abbreviation | SR |
| Parent company | Abellio |
| Website | www.scotrail.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-03-16) |
ScotRail was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Abellio operating the ScotRail franchise.
National Express operated the ScotRail franchise from March 1997 until October 2004.
On July 28, 2003, Transport Scotland announced Arriva, First and National Express had been chosen to bid for the new franchise.
On June 11, 2004, Transport Scotland awarded the new franchise to First with the services operated by ScotRail moving to First ScotRail on October 17 2004. It originally traded as First ScotRail before being rebranded as ScotRail in September 2008.
On October 8 2014, Abellio were awarded the franchise beating First. They started running the trains in April 2015.
| Preceded by ScotRail (National Express) |
Operator of ScotRail franchise 2004–2015 |
Succeeded by Abellio ScotRail |
| Succeeded by Caledonian Sleeper Caledonian Sleeper franchise |
