Caledonian Sleeper

Having come under the aegis of BR’s Inter-City sector in 1982, in March 1995 responsibility for operating Anglo-Scottish overnight trains passed to ScotRail.

On June 4 1996, the service was relaunched as ‘The Caledonian Sleeper’. At privatisation it was taken over by National Express from April 1 1997.

Currently operated by Serco, two services leave Euston each night from Sunday to Friday, travelling via the West Coast Main Line to Scotland.

The earlier departure divides at Edinburgh into portions for Aberdeen, Fort William and Inverness. The later one serves Edinburgh and Glasgow, splitting at Carstairs.

Five London-bound portions depart from these destinations each night, combining into two trains at Edinburgh and Carstairs respectively.