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ScotRail
National Express Group plc
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ScotRail
expired franchise
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replaced
< ScotRail TOU (British Railways Board)
was replaced by
ScotRail >
start date
31 March 1997
end date
17 October 2004
owned by
National Express Group plc
legal title
ScotRail Railways Ltd
description
This was the first passenger franchise in Scotland and the last to take over from British Rail, in March 1997.
The subsidy profile at 1997 prices started at £297.1m in 1996-97 and then fell progressively to £202.5m in 2003-04. Subsidy payments came from the Department for Transport and Strathclyde PTE.
Franchise commitments included nine new 3-car DMUs so that Edinburgh-Falkirk-Glasgow services could be increased to four trains an hour, and also 38 new 3-car EMUs for service in the Strathclyde area.
service area
Long distance, regional and local services in Scotland, with some journeys extended across the border to England, mainly to Carlisle, plus sleeper services to London Euston.
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