Scottish Rail Holdings

Scottish Rail Holdings is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.[2] It is the owner of ScotRail, the company which operates the majority of rail services in Scotland, which has been in public ownership since 1 April 2022. As operator of last resort, Scottish Rail Holdings exists to provide a degree of separation between the day to day operation of ScotRail, and the strategic and policy functions of Transport Scotland.[3][1]

Scottish Rail Holdings
Agency overview
Formed2022
TypeExecutive non-departmental public body
JurisdictionScotland
HeadquartersBuchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow
Agency executive
  • Chris Gibb, Chief Executive[1]
Websitewww.railholdings.scot

Scottish Rail Holdings will take over the operation of the Caledonian Sleeper service from Serco on 25 June 2023.[4][5]

References
  1. "Who we are". Scottish Rail Holdings. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. "National public bodies directory - Executive non-departmental public bodies". Scottish Government. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. "FAQs". Scottish Rail Holdings. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  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.


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