ScotRail (British Rail)

The ScotRail trading name was adopted on 22 September 1983, under manager Chris Green, British Railways Scottish Region to provide a distinctive brand for the British Rail network in Scotland.[1]

ScotRail

Class 47 in ScotRail livery at York station in 1988
Franchise(s)	22 September 1983 – 30 March 1997
Main Region(s)	Scotland
Parent company	British Rail

Services

ScotRail was responsible for all passenger services that operated wholly within Scotland. It also operated services across the English border to Carlisle, and from 5 March 1988, took over operation of the Caledonian Sleeper services to London Euston.[2] Services from south of the border via the East Coast and West Coast Main Lines remained the responsibility of InterCity.

Infrastructure

The Ayrshire Coast Line was electrified in September 1986, as was the North Berwick Line in July 1991.

Rolling stock

During its tenure, much of Scotland's locomotive hauled passenger carriage fleet was replaced by Class 150, Class 156 and Class 158 diesel multiple units. It also introduced cascaded Class 305s as well as new Class 318 and Class 320 electric multiple units.

Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number	Cars	Built
			mph	km/h
Locomotive hauled stock
37		Diesel locomotive	90	145		N/A	1960–65
47			75	121	At least 12		1962–68
86		Electric locomotive	100–110	161–177			1965–66
87			110	177			1973–75
Mark 1		Passenger carriage	90–100	145–161		–	1951–63
Mark 2			100	161			1963–75
Mark 3			125	200			1975–88
DBSO			100	161	At least 12		1979
Diesel multiple units
101		Diesel multiple unit	70	113	At least 12	2, 3 or 4	1956–60
104					A few		1957–59
107					26	3	1960
116					14	2 or 3	1957–61
150 Sprinter			75	121	18	2	1986–87
156 Super Sprinter					14		1987–89
158 Express Sprinter			90	145	46		1989–92
Electric multiple units
303		Electric multiple unit	75	121	91	3	1959–61
305					19	3 or 4	1959
311					19	3	1967
314			70	113	16		1979
318			90	145	21		1985–86
320			75	121	22		1990

Liveries

When formed in 1983, customised versions of the existing British Rail liveries were adopted, with passenger locomotives and coaching stock painted in a lightly modified version of the InterCity Executive livery. The red stripe was replaced with a saltire blue stripe, and the InterCity name was replaced with the ScotRail name. Most locomotives carried the standard InterCity Executive livery but with ScotRail branding. Diesel and Electric multiple units carried normal versions of the Regional Railways livery. In the SPT area, rolling stock was painted in Strathclyde Orange and Black.

References

1. Stewart, Valerie & Chadwick, Vivian (1987). Changing Trains: messages for management from the ScotRail challenge. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8870-3.
2. "Inverness depot to remain open" The Railway Magazine issue 1128 April 1995 page 31

Further reading

• Perren, Brian; Noble, Tom; Brown, Murray (June 1988). "Focus on ScotRail". RAIL. No. 81. EMAP National Publications. Supplement. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.