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The Scottish Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex- London, Midland And Scottish Railway (LMS) and ex- London And North Eastern Railway (LNER) lines in Scotland . It existed from the creation of BR in 1948, ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound-up at the end of 1992 . HISTORY The Second World War had devastated Scotland's railways due to the LMS and LNER rolling stock in Scotland being transferred to the major cities in Northern England in order to replace what had been destroyed by German air-raids. It was thought that only state intervention could provide the necessary re-supplying of rolling stock and save several unprofitable routes from closure, so the lines were nationalised in 1948 , along with the rest of the railways and became the Scottish Region. THE NETWORK The Scottish Region covered all of Scotland 's railways. These would be greatly reduced in the 1960s. Its most important stations were:
The Scottish Region had boundaries with the North Eastern Region near Berwick-upon-Tweed and the London Midland Region near Gretna . THE BEECHING CUTS ''Main article: Beeching Axe '' Notable line closures in the Scottish Region during the 1960s were:
Lines proposed for closure in the Beeching Report, but which escaped the axe and remain open to this day include:
TRAINS AND ROLLING STOCK Steam traction ended in the 1960s with the introduction of diesel trains, and 25kV Electric trains on the Glasgow Suburban network. The new electric 'Blue Trains' with air-assisted sliding doors, were introduced during the early 1960s and were a great success, until they were scrapped, along with the first generation diesel units, in the 1990s . MAJOR ACCIDENTS
PRIVATISATION With the privatisation of British Rail, the railway infrastructure of the Scottish Region came under the Scotland Zone of Railtrack . Passenger services within Scotland were franchised to National Express , under the name "ScotRail Railways", although it was still referred to as ScotRail, the name that the BRB used in its later years of operation. SOURCES The Ian Allan books-
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