Scottish rail network

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railway network

The Scottish rail network is the system of passenger and freight railway lines and services that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout Scotland and link them with the wider UK rail infrastructure.

Aliases (2)

Scotland railway network ×1
Scottish railway network ×1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway network →
connects	Scottish cities → Scottish rural regions → Scottish towns →
connectsCity	Aberdeen → Ayr → Dundee → Dunfermline → Edinburgh → Falkirk → Glasgow → Inverness → Kilmarnock → Kirkcaldy → Motherwell → Paisley → Perth → Stirling →
connectsRegion	Aberdeenshire → Argyll and Bute → Ayrshire → Borders → Central Belt → Fife → Highlands → Lowlands → Moray → Perth and Kinross →
connectsTo	English rail network → Welsh rail network →
country	Scotland →
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line →
electrificationCoverage	partial →
fareSystem	integrated with Great Britain rail fares →
gauge	standard gauge →
governedBy	Transport Scotland →
hasBorderCrossing	services between Scotland and England →
historicallyDevelopedFrom	British Rail network in Scotland → pre-grouping Scottish railway companies →
includesLine	Argyle Line → Ayrshire Coast Line → Borders Railway → Cumbernauld Line → East Coast Main Line → Far North Line → Fife Circle Line → Glasgow–Edinburgh main lines → Highland Main Line → Kyle of Lochalsh Line → North Clyde Line → Paisley Canal Line → Shotts Line → Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine line → West Coast Main Line → West Highland Line →
includesService	Caledonian Sleeper London–Scotland overnight trains →
includesServiceType	commuter services → freight rail services → heritage and tourist services → intercity services → passenger rail services → regional services → sleeper services → suburban services →
infrastructureManager	Network Rail Scotland Route →
majorHub	Aberdeen railway station → Dundee railway station → Edinburgh Waverley railway station → Glasgow Central railway station → Glasgow Queen Street railway station → Inverness railway station → Perth railway station → Stirling railway station →
managedBy	Network Rail →
otherOperator	Avanti West Coast → CrossCountry → LNER → TransPennine Express → freight operating companies in Great Britain →
ownedBy	United Kingdom government (infrastructure) →
partOf	National Rail network of Great Britain →
policyResponsibility	Scottish Government (most passenger services) →
primaryOperator	Caledonian Sleeper → ScotRail →
regulatedBy	Office of Rail and Road →
safetySystem	AWS → GSM-R → TPWS →
trackGauge	1435 mm →
usesSignalling	colour light signalling → mechanical signalling (in some areas) →
usesTicketingSystem	National Rail ticketing → ScotRail smartcard →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route → Fife Circle services → Lochgelly railway station ("Scotland railway network") →	partOf
St Rollox Works ("Scottish railway network") →	served