🇬🇧 Operator
Train routes operated by ScotRail
7 routes · classic 2 · scenic 5
ScotRail runs 7 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 1,249 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Highland Main Line at 300 km; the fastest is the Edinburgh–Glasgow Express, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1842.
What this page says about the company comes from ScotRail's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q107980329 ↗
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- 7
- Total length
- 1,249 km
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Longest
- Highland Main Line · 300 km
- Oldest line here
- 1842
- Type
- railway company
- Fastest
- Edinburgh–Glasgow Express · 160 km/h
Classic (2)
- Edinburgh–Glasgow Express
Scotland’s busiest corridor since 1842: four electric expresses an hour between its two great cities over the Falkirk high route.
Wikipedia ↗ - Borders Railway
The Waverley Route reborn: Britain’s longest railway reopening in a century (2015), winding out of Edinburgh to Walter Scott’s Abbotsford.
Wikipedia ↗
Scenic (5)
- Highland Main Line
Over Druimuachdar Pass at 452 m — the highest main line in Britain — threading the Cairngorms from the capital to the Highland capital.
Wikipedia ↗ - West Highland Line
Regularly voted the world’s most scenic railway: around Rannoch Moor and over the 21-arch Glenfinnan Viaduct of film fame.
Wikipedia ↗ - Far North Line
Britain’s most northerly line, a lonely 4-hour run to Wick that swings far inland on the Lairg Loop to dodge the deep Highland sea firths.
Wikipedia ↗ - West Highland Line — Oban
The West Highland Line’s other arm: splitting at Crianlarich for Loch Awe, Kilchurn Castle’s ruin and the Hebrides ferry port of Oban.
Wikipedia ↗ - Kyle of Lochalsh Line
One of the world’s great scenic railways, blasted through Torridonian rock for 82 miles from Inverness to the Skye ferry pier at Kyle of Lochalsh.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does ScotRail run?
7 of the routes in this atlas are ScotRail services, covering 1,249 km across 1 country (United Kingdom). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest ScotRail train?
The Edinburgh–Glasgow Express, Glasgow to Edinburgh, at up to 160 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 45 min over 76 km.
Does ScotRail run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 7 ScotRail routes listed here are daytime services.
Which is the longest ScotRail route?
The Highland Main Line, 300 km from Edinburgh to Inverness, taking ≈ 3 h 30 min at its fastest. The oldest line ScotRail runs over here opened in 1842.
Countries ScotRail runs in
- 🇬🇧 Train routes in United Kingdom 75 routes
Other operators in United Kingdom
- Transport for Wales 14 routes
- Great Western Railway 5 routes
- Northern 5 routes
- Avanti West Coast 4 routes
- Eurostar 4 routes
- Belmond 3 routes
- East Midlands Railway 3 routes
- Southeastern 3 routes