First ScotRail is Scotland's national railway train franchise. It runs all domestic trains services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border sleepers to Euston station in London, England.

It has a large local network around Edinburgh and Glasgow, particularly Strathclyde, with radial routes to the rest of the country.

On 17 October 2004 the franchise was transferred to First Group from National Express resulting in the rebranding from ScotRail to First ScotRail. This was the first time the Scottish franchise has been renegotiated since the privatisation of British Rail.

External links

• FirstScotRail.com (http://www.firstscotrail.com)
• Strategic rail authority announcement on the franchise transfer to First Group (http://www.sra.gov.uk/news/2004/8/rail_franchise_agreement)