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March 26, 2026 | Policy

Closer cooperation with Scotland and Wales under Great British Railways

British government agrees to work more closely with its counterparts in Scotland and Wales.

March 21, 2026 | Fleet

ScotRail replaces inter-city fleet

Alstom will overhaul and service class 222 DMUs that will move from England to Scotland.

November 6, 2025 | Fleet

ScotRail launches suburban fleet tender

British operator plans to replace two-thirds of its existing trains.

September 10, 2025 | Infrastructure

Scotland funds more electrification

£342m to electrify Fife Circle and Borders lines and procure 69 new trains.

June 3, 2024 | Infrastructure

Passenger services start on Scotland’s Levenmouth Rail Link

Reopening the 10km branch to Leven in Fife has cost £116.6m.

September 11, 2023 | Infrastructure

Network Rail fined £6.7m over fatal Scottish derailment

Three fatalities in accident at Carmont near Stonehaven in August 2020.

August 4, 2023 | Policy

Network Rail announces £4.2bn five-year plan for Scottish network

The plan for Control Period 7 includes major spending on infrastructure renewals.

May 4, 2022 | Fleet

Modifications required for class 80X fleet to combat cracking

Cracks discovered in Britain’s Hitachi-built inter-city fleet in May 2021 prompted a review by the Office of Rail and Road into what happened. As Richard Clinnick reports, a long-term repair programme will now commence to rectify the issue.

April 4, 2022 | Policy

Scottish government takes over ScotRail

After seven years, Abellio loses the Scotland’s Railways franchise.

March 2, 2022 | Infrastructure

Hitachi-led trial to predict track quality in Scotland

Perpetuum sensor equipment fitted to trains expected to be able to predict where track maintenance is required.

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