Scotland's national train operator, publicly owned by the Scottish Government, running the West Highland, Kyle, Far North and Borders lines.
ScotRail operates almost all passenger services within Scotland. It has been owned by the Scottish Government through Scottish Rail Holdings since 1 April 2022, when Abellio's franchise ended. Because rail in Scotland is devolved, ScotRail is not part of the Department for Transport's Great British Railways programme, although it works closely with Network Rail Scotland.
Its rural routes are the main draw for scenic travellers: the West Highland Line to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig, the Kyle of Lochalsh line, the Far North Line to Thurso and Wick, the Highland Main Line over Drumochter and the Borders Railway to Tweedbank. Most of these are worked by Class 156 and 158 diesel units; the Inverness routes also use refurbished Class 158s and Inter7City HST sets, and the Borders Railway uses Class 158 and 170 units.
ScotRail's own rover products, the Spirit of Scotland Travelpass, Highland Rover and Central Scotland Rover, can be bought online and loaded to a mobile pass.
Scenic lineOften voted the world's most scenic railway: Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor, Ben Nevis and Glenfinnan Viaduct on one ordinary ScotRail ticket.
Scenic lineCoast-to-coast across the Highlands from Inverness to the Skye ferry port, ending on a shelf blasted along the shore of Loch Carron.
Scenic lineBritain's most northerly railway, wandering 168 miles from Inverness along firths and through the Flow Country to Thurso and Wick.
Scenic lineThe other arm of the West Highland Line, dividing at Crianlarich and running past Loch Awe and the Pass of Brander to the ferry port of Oban.
Scenic lineOver the Grampians via the Pass of Drumochter, at 1,484 feet the highest point on Britain's main-line network, to the Cairngorms and Inverness.
Scenic lineBritain's longest new domestic railway for a century, reopened in 2015 along the Waverley Route from Edinburgh through the Moorfoots to Tweedbank.
Scenic lineDown the Ayrshire coast past Troon and Ayr, then through the Galloway hills by Barrhill and the lonely Glenwhilly summit to the old ferry port of Stranraer.
