ScotRail Trains

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ScotRail Trains Ltd
Overview
Franchise(s) ScotRail
Main region(s) Scotland
Other region(s) Cumbria
Parent companyScottish Rail Holdings Limited for the Scottish Ministers
Reporting mark SR
Dates of operation1 April 2022present [1]
Predecessor Abellio ScotRail

ScotRail Trains Limited, branded as ScotRail , is a Scottish publicly-owned train operating company owned by Scottish Rail Holdings Limited for the Scottish Ministers. [2] [3] It took over operation of the ScotRail franchise from Abellio ScotRail on 1 April 2022 as an operator of last resort.

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History

In December 2019, Transport Scotland announced Abellio ScotRail had not met the performance criteria necessary to have its seven-year franchise extended for a further three years and the franchise would conclude on 31 March 2022. [4] [5] [6]

In March 2021, Transport Scotland announced that the franchise would not be re-tendered for another private sector operator to run, but would be operated by an operator of last resort owned by the Scottish Government. [7] [8] [9] The move was welcomed by the ASLEF, RMT and TSSA unions. [10]

In February 2022, the Scottish Government Transport Minister, Jenny Gilruth, confirmed that ScotRail services would become publicly-owned on 1 April 2022. She invited key stakeholders to take part in a discussion on the future of the service, saying "I can confirm that the transition of ScotRail into Scottish Government control will take place on 1 April 2022. Whilst that’s good news, it’s clear that much work still needs to be done... I want to kick-start a National Conversation about what our new beginning for ScotRail should look like - an affordable, sustainable, customer focused rail passenger service in Scotland in a post pandemic world." [11] The Scottish Conservatives Transport Spokesman, Graham Simpson, criticised the planned consultation saying that it "should be about lower fares, restoring services and stopping cuts to ticket offices - measures that will encourage people to use public transport." [12] The Scottish Liberal Democrats added that discussions should have started two years ago when nationalisation was decided. [12]

Operations

Services

ScotRail Trains took over all of the services operated by Abellio ScotRail. [9]

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References

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