Talk:ScotRail (brand)

This page should not be speedy deleted because...
Purpose of the article is to provide an overall view of a trading name that has been used on and off since 1983 by 3 separate entities, ScotRail (British Rail), ScotRail (National Express) and First ScotRail, and with the franchise being relet, potentially a 4th.

The ScotRail article previously partly covered this, but was also partially duplicating the First ScotRail article. As ScotRail is the trading name, this is causing issues with wikilinks that should be going to the 3 articles being pointed here by default, hence has been set up as a disambiguation page to try and reduce error rate.

Is still a work in progress. Can I please ask for some breathing space per the hatnote to expand? D47817 (talk) 22:24, 1 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Probably a good move to hive off the different ScotRail franchises into separate articles. Just a thought - is ScotRail just a brand? I think it's also a network and a (UK) National Rail franchise. Wikipedia is very inconsistent in that there are articles about some railway franchises but not all, and often an article about a TOC also covers the franchise - all a bit confusing. So maybe this article should also explain the rationale for BR creating a distinct branded network, the routes of the lines, the infrastructure etc - info which could be collated here and explained in some depth rather than being duplicated in the various ScotRail franchise articles. Cnbrb (talk) 00:24, 24 October 2014 (UTC)