22/09/1983 | ScotRail The brand name ScotRail is created for the Scottish Region of British Railways for marketing. |
/ /1994 | ScotRail ScotRail PLC created during the privatisation of British Railways. |
01/04/1997 | ScotRail
Caledonian Sleeper National Express takes over the franchise for ScotRail and the Caledonian Sleepers. Awarded for seven years. This was the last of the franchises to be let and had the largest number of route miles, trains and stations served. |
30/03/1998 | ScotRail £125M orders placed to lease 40 Class 334 'Juniper' trains (to be built by GEC Alsthom, former Metro-Cammell Birmingham) from Forward Trust Rail and 9 Class 170s (Adtranz, Derby) from Porterbrook placed. |
03/08/1999 | ScotRail First Class 334, 334001, delivered from Washwood Heath to Shields Road Depot. |
12/06/2000 | ScotRail Driver training on Class 334s (Junipers) begins on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway between Glasgow and Ayr. |
29/07/2000 | Strathclyde Passenger Transport ScotRail's final Class 101 DMUs withdrawn. |
21/10/2001 | ScotRail Strategic Rail Authority states that the next ScotRail franchise will run for fifteen years from April 2004 (later reduced to seven). |
/11/2001 | Hunslet Barclay Wins contract to overhaul ScotRail's Class 320s (work to be between 2002 and 2004). |
/10/2003 | ScotRail Franchise extended by six months. |
11/06/2004 | ScotRail First Group is the preferred bidder for the ScotRail franchise. |
17/10/2004 | ScotRail First Group takes over the ScotRail franchise to create First ScotRail. The first service ran from Glasgow Central to Gourock. |
/ /2008 | ScotRail Transport Scotland standardises the franchise name to ScotRail. |
/08/2010 | ScotRail First Class 380s delivered for ScotRail. |
04/07/2011 | Polmadie Depot Final new Class 380s delivered for ScotRail. (First delivered previous August.) |
/10/2014 | ScotRail Announcement that Abellio will take over the franchise in 2015. |
01/04/2015 | ScotRail Abellio takes over the ScotRail franchise. |
08/08/2018 | Caledonia Works Wabtec Rail Scotland Works First of a batch of 5 Class 320/4s prepared by Wabtec Rail at Kilmarnock is delivered to ScotRail. |
17/08/2018 | Caledonia Works ScotRail First HST arrives in Scotland by the East Coast Main Line following refurbishment by Wabtec Rail of Doncaster Works for ScotRail. |
26/07/2019 | St Rollox Works Works closed by Gemini Rail Services and 'mothballed'. Maintenance of the ScotRail fleet now requires haulage to England for heavy maintenance. |
/10/2019 | ScotRail Work begins to convert Class 153s, leased from Angel Trains, for carrying bicycles on the West Highland Railway (for Oban services). The work was undertaken by Brodie Engineering, Kilmarnock. The Class 153s are coupled with Class 156s. |
09/05/2021 | Hitachi Rail Europe Hairline cracks found in ScotRail's Class 385s. |
01/04/2022 | ScotRail ScotRail returns to public ownership, with ScotRail Trains Ltd reporting to Scottish Rail Holdings. |
23/05/2022 | ScotRail Emergency timetable cuts 700 ScotRail services owing to drivers' unofficial ban on overtime and rest-day working, resolved when 5% pay offer accepted in ASLEF ballot. |
19/07/2022 | ScotRail Emergency timetable ends. |