Scottish Rail Holdings Explained

Agency Name:	Scottish Rail Holdings
Agency Type:	Executive non-departmental public body
Formed:	2022
Jurisdiction:	Scotland
Headquarters:	Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow
Region Code:	SCT
Parent Agency:	Transport Scotland
Child1 Agency:	Caledonian Sleeper ScotRail

Scottish Rail Holdings is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government^[1] 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.^[2] On 25 June 2023, the agency took over operation of the Caledonian Sleeper service from Serco.^{[3] [4] [5]}

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.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: National public bodies directory - Executive non-departmental public bodies. 26 August 2022. Scottish Government. 26 July 2022.
2. News: 2022-04-01 . ScotRail goes back into public ownership . en-GB . BBC News. 2023-06-26.
3. Web site: Johnson . Mark . 2023-03-02 . Franchise Update . 2023-03-02 . Caledonian Sleeper . en-GB.
4. Web site: Caledonian Sleeper to be delivered by the Scottish Government . 2 March 2023 . 3 March 2023 . Transport Scotland.
5. News: 2023-06-25 . Caledonian Sleeper goes back into public ownership . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-06-26.
6. Web site: FAQs. Scottish Rail Holdings. 26 August 2022.
7. Web site: Who we are. Scottish Rail Holdings. 26 August 2022.