ScotRail has been the brand name used for all Scottish regional and commuter rail services, including some cross-border services, since September 1983, as well as many of the country's intercity services.
Since 2008, it is the permanent name of the Scottish commuter rail service, regardless of the train operating company that operates it. The ScotRail service was re-nationalised by the Scottish Government on 1 April 2022.
History
1980s: British Rail
The ScotRail brand was created by British Railways Scottish Region manager Chris Green in the mid-1980s[2] to provide a distinctive brand for the rail network in Scotland. The brand has developed and is still in use today.
ScotRail, under British Rail, used customised versions of the existing liveries, with passenger locomotives and coaching stock painted in a lightly modified version of the InterCity Executive livery. The red stripe was replaced with a saltire blue stripe, and the InterCity name was replaced with the ScotRail name.