Railway Operators
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There are various companies and agencies involved in running the railways of Scotland today. Details of some of these are listed below:
Government Agencies
- Transport Scotland
- SPT (Strathclyde Partnership for Transport)
- Department for Transport
- Office of Rail Regulation
Infrastructure
Passenger Franchises
Former Franchises
- ScotRail Railways, replaced by First Scotrail and later Abellio ScotRail
- Virgin Cross Country, replaced by Arriva CrossCountry
- GNER, replaced by East Coast, Virgin East Coast and later London North Eastern Railway
Private Operators
Freight Operators
- DRS
- DB Cargo Previously known as EWS and later DB Schenker
- GBRf
- Freightliner
- Colas Rail
Infrastructure Maintenance
- Babcock Rail
- Fastline (defunct)
- STRC (defunct)
Rolling Stock Maintenance
- Knorr-Bremse (Glasgow Works)
- Wabtec Kilmarnock