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ScotRail was the trading name providing a distinctive brand for the British Rail network in Scotland, [1] [page needed] first adopted on 22 September 1983, ...
ScotRail Trains Limited, trading as ScotRail (Scottish Gaelic: Rèile na h-Alba), is a Scottish train operating company that is publicly owned by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government. [1] It has been operating the ScotRail franchise as an operator of last resort since 1 April 2022.
The nature of ScotRail was a matter of some political controversy throughout its operation; in February 2003, the Scottish National Party publicly promised to undertake various measures towards the renationalisation of Scotland's rail services, specifically mentioning the ending of the ScotRail franchise in favour of state control.
The ScotRail brand was created by British Railways Scottish Region manager Chris Green in the mid-1980s [3] to provide a distinctive brand for the rail network in Scotland. . The brand has developed and is still in use to
Scottish Rail Holdings is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government [2] which operates the ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper rail services.. On 1 April 2022 ScotRail, the company which operates the majority of rail services in Scotland, was brought under the public ownership of Scottish Rail Holdings beginning at the conclusion of the Abellio ScotRail franchise. [3]
Abellio ScotRail, [2] operating services under the name ScotRail, was the national train operating company of Scotland. A subsidiary of the Netherlands-based transport conglomerate Abellio , it operated the ScotRail franchise between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022.
All services are provided by ScotRail and run beyond Dingwall to Inverness. In the past there were some through services to and from Glasgow, Edinburgh or Aberdeen. [ 1 ] None of the 63-mile line is electrified, and all trains on the line are diesel-powered, as are all other trains in the Scottish Highlands.
Glenrothes (as a post-war new town) has never had its own station (though Markinch station is nearby) whilst Thornton had lost its station (Thornton Junction) on the main line in October 1969 in the aftermath of the Beeching Axe (services on the line westwards to Cardenden and on the Leven branch had ended at the same time).