What is First ScotRail?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox rail company |name = ScotRail |other_name = {{native name|gd|Rèile na h-Alba}} |image = File:British Rail Class 158 738.JPG |image_size = |franchise = ScotRail<br>October 17 2004 – March 31 2015 |logo = |logo_size = 250px |regions = [[Scotland]] |abbr = SR |secregions = [[North West England]]<br>[[North East England]] |fleet = 311 |stationsop = 344 |routekm = 3032.0 |parent_company = [[Abellio]] |website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316194950/http://www.scotrail.co.uk/|title=www.scotrail.co.uk}} }} '''ScotRail'''<ref>[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/SC185018 Companies House extract company no SC185018] First ScotRail Limited</ref> was a [[train operating company]] in the United Kingdom owned by Abellio operating the ScotRail franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/rail/scotrail-franchise/scotrail-franchise|title = ScotRail franchise|website = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Queiro|first=Alicia|date=10 August 2014|title=ScotRail franchise: How will Abellio deal change Scotland's railways?|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29537484}}</ref> ==History== [[File:170433 at Edinburgh Waverley.JPG|left|thumb|An old First ScotRail train]] National Express operated the ScotRail franchise from March 1997 until October 2004. On July 28 2003 Transport Scotland announced Arriva, First and National Express had been chosen to bid for the new franchise.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23552016.html Shortlist of ScotRail bidders puts three in the ring] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018222746/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23552016.html |date=2016-10-18 }} ''Herald Scotland'' 28 October 2003</ref> On June 11 2004 Transport Scotland awarded the new franchise to First with the services operated by ScotRail moving to First ScotRail on October 17 2004.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/f