Scottish Rail Holdings

Scottish Rail Holdings
Agency overview
Formed2022
TypeExecutive non-departmental public body
JurisdictionScotland
HeadquartersBuchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow
Agency executives
  • Richard Cairn, Chairperson[1]
  • Graeme Cook, Interim CEO[1]
Parent agencyTransport Scotland
Child agencies
Websitewww.railholdings.scot Edit this at Wikidata

Scottish Rail Holdings is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government[2] which operates the ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper rail services.

On 1 April 2022 ScotRail, the company which operates the majority of rail services in Scotland, was brought under the public ownership of Scottish Rail Holdings beginning at the conclusion of the Abellio ScotRail franchise.[3] On 25 June 2023, the agency took over operation of the Caledonian Sleeper service from Serco.[4][5][6]

As operator of last resort, Scottish Rail Holdings exists to provide a degree of separation between the day-to-day operation of Scottish train services, and the strategic and policy functions of Transport Scotland.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Our People". Scottish Rail Holdings. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ "National public bodies directory - Executive non-departmental public bodies". Scottish Government. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "ScotRail goes back into public ownership". BBC News. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ Johnson, Mark (2 March 2023). "Franchise Update". Caledonian Sleeper. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Caledonian Sleeper to be delivered by the Scottish Government". Transport Scotland. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Caledonian Sleeper goes back into public ownership". BBC News. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ "FAQs". Scottish Rail Holdings. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Who we are". Scottish Rail Holdings. Retrieved 26 August 2022.


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