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Transport in Scotland

Index Transport in Scotland

The transport system in Scotland is generally well-developed. [1]

207 relations: A1 road (Great Britain), A74(M) and M74 motorways, A77 road, A82 road, A823(M) motorway, A9 road (Scotland), A90 road, Abellio ScotRail, Aberdeen, Aberdeen Airport, Aberdeen railway station, Abu Dhabi, Alloa, Amsterdam, Argyll, Argyll Ferries, Ayr railway station, Ayrshire, Beeching cuts, Belfast, Belfast Harbour, Birmingham New Street railway station, Borders Railway, Braehead, Bristol Temple Meads railway station, British Airways, British Caledonian, British Rail, Brussels, Bus deregulation in Great Britain, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, Cairngorms National Park, Cairnryan, Caledonian Canal, Caledonian MacBrayne, Caledonian Sleeper, Cargo, Carlisle railway station, Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway, Central Belt, Chicago, Clackmannanshire, Clackmannanshire Bridge, Clyde Fastlink, Copenhagen, Crewe railway station, Cross Country Route, CrossCountry, Cyprus, David MacBrayne, ..., Department for Transport, Derby railway station, DFDS, Doha, Double-decker bus, Dubai, Dumfries railway station, Dundee, Dundee railway station, Dunoon, East Coast Main Line, Eastern Airways, EasyJet, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Trams, Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department, Euston railway station, Executive agencies of the Scottish Government, Exeter St Davids railway station, First ScotRail, FirstGroup, Flybe, Flybmi, Fort William railway station, Forth and Clyde Canal, Frankfurt, Friends of the Earth, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, Glasgow, Glasgow Airport, Glasgow Central station, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Glasgow South Western Line, Glasgow Subway, Gothenburg, Gourock, Great Britain road numbering scheme, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hebrides, Highlands and Islands Airports, Hillington, Scotland, Inverness Airport, Inverness railway station, Istanbul, Jet2.com, Kilmarnock railway station, Kincardine, Kingston Bridge, Glasgow, Kristiansand, Larkhall, Larne, Larne Harbour railway station, Latvia, Leeds railway station, List of town tramway systems in Scotland, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Loch Ness, Loganair, London King's Cross railway station, London North Eastern Railway, London Stansted Airport, Lothian Buses, Low-cost carrier, M6 motorway, M73 motorway, M77 motorway, M8 motorway (Scotland), M80 motorway, M876 motorway, M898 motorway, M9 motorway (Scotland), M90 motorway, Mallorca, Manchester Piccadilly station, Málaga, Megabus (Europe), Motherwell railway station, NaPTAN, National Express Coaches, Network Rail, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norfolkline, North Shields, NorthLink Ferries, Norway, Orkney, Orkney Ferries, Orkney Islands Council, Oslo, Outer Hebrides, P&O (company), P&O Ferries, Paisley railway station, Pentland Ferries, Penzance railway station, Perth, Scotland, Plymouth railway station, Poland, Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway, Preston railway station, Rail transport in Great Britain, Railway electrification in Great Britain, Renfrew Ferry, Republic of Ireland, River Clyde, Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service, Ryanair, Säve airport, Scotland, ScotRail (brand), Scottish Borders, Scottish Citylink, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Parliament, Scrabster, Sheffield station, Shetland, Shetland Islands Council, SIC Ferries, St Austell railway station, Stagecoach Group, Stena Line, Stirling, Stranraer, Stranraer railway station, Strathclyde, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Stromness, Superfast Ferries, Sweden, Toronto, Tourism in Scotland, Traffic Commissioner, TransPennine Express, Transport in England, Transport in Ireland, Transport in the United Kingdom, Transport in Wales, Transport Scotland, Troon, Troon railway station, Trunk road, Union Canal (Scotland), Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, Virgin Trains, Warrington Bank Quay railway station, Waverley Route, West Coast Main Line, Western Ferries, Wigan North Western railway station, Wizz Air, Xplore Dundee, Zürich, 4 ft 6 in gauge railway. Expand index (157 more) »

A1 road (Great Britain)

The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK, at.

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A74(M) and M74 motorways

The A74(M) and M74 form a major motorway in the United Kingdom, mainly in Scotland, with a short section in England.

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A77 road

The A77 road is a major road in Scotland.

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A82 road

The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William.

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A823(M) motorway

The A823(M) is a motorway in Fife, Scotland.

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A9 road (Scotland)

The A9 is a major road running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness.

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A90 road

The A90 road is a major north to south road in eastern Scotland, running from Edinburgh to Fraserburgh, running through Dundee and Aberdeen.

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Abellio ScotRail

Abellio ScotRail, (Rèile na h-Alba), operating services under the name ScotRail, is the national train operating company of Scotland.

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.

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Aberdeen Airport

Aberdeen International Airport (Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Obar Dheathain) is an international airport, located at Dyce, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, approximately northwest of Aberdeen city centre.

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Aberdeen railway station

Aberdeen railway station is the only railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi (أبو ظبي) is the capital and the second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (the most populous being Dubai), and also capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the UAE's seven emirates.

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Alloa

Alloa (Alamhagh, possibly meaning "rock plain") is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Argyll

Argyll (archaically Argyle, Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic), sometimes anglicised as Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.

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Argyll Ferries

Argyll Ferries Ltd is a ferry company formed in January 2011 by the Scottish Governments department of Transport Scotland via the parent company David MacBrayne Ltd to tender for the Dunoon (Cowal Peninsula) to Gourock public service route.

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Ayr railway station

Ayr railway station serves the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is an historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Belfast Harbour

Belfast Harbour is a major maritime hub in Northern Ireland, handling 67% of Northern Ireland’s seaborne trade and about 25% of the maritime trade of the entire island of Ireland.

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Birmingham New Street railway station

Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the Birmingham City Centre, England.

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Borders Railway

The Borders Railway connects the city of Edinburgh with Galashiels and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders.

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Braehead

Braehead (Braeheid, Gaelic: Ceann a' Bhruthaich) is a commercial development located at the former site of Braehead Power Station in Renfrew on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire.

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Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England.

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British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size, or the second largest, behind easyJet, when measured by passengers carried.

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British Caledonian

British Caledonian (BCal) was a private, British independent airline, operating out of Gatwick Airport in south-east England during the 1970s and 1980s.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Bus deregulation in Great Britain

Bus deregulation in Great Britain was the transfer of operation of bus services from public bodies to private companies as legislated by the Transport Act 1985.

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Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, commonly referred to as the Finance Secretary, is a member of the Cabinet in the Scottish Government.

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Cairngorms National Park

Cairngorms National Park (Scottish Gaelic Pàirc Nàiseanta a' Mhonaidh Ruaidh) is a national park in north east Scotland, established in 2003.

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Cairnryan

Cairnryan (The Cairn; Machair an Sgithich) is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, previously Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Caledonian Canal

The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland.

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Caledonian MacBrayne

Caledonian MacBrayne (Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn), usually shortened to CalMac, is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast.

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Caledonian Sleeper

Caledonian Sleeper is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom.

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Cargo

In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.

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Carlisle railway station

Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, is a Grade II* listed railway station serving the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying south east of, and north north west of.

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Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway

The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway was a railway in south west Scotland which linked Castle Douglas to Dumfries.

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Central Belt

The Central Belt of Scotland is the area of highest population density within Scotland.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county and council area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife and Perth & Kinross.

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Clackmannanshire Bridge

The Clackmannanshire Bridge is a road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland which opened to traffic on 19 November 2008.

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Clyde Fastlink

Clyde FastLink is a proposed high frequency bus rapid transit system in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Crewe railway station

Crewe railway station is a railway station in Crewe, Cheshire, England.

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Cross Country Route

The Cross Country Route is a long-distance UK rail route that has in its central part superseded the Midland Railway.

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CrossCountry

CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the New Cross Country franchise.

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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David MacBrayne

David MacBrayne is a limited company owned by the Scottish Government.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Derby railway station

Derby railway station, also known as Derby Midland, is a main line station serving the city of Derby in England.

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DFDS

DFDS is Northern Europe's largest shipping and logistics company.

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Doha

Doha (الدوحة, or ad-Dōḥa) is the capital and most populous city of the State of Qatar.

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Double-decker bus

A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks.

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Dumfries railway station

Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dùn Dè) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom.

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Dundee railway station

Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland.

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Dunoon

Dunoon (Dùn Omhain) is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a major railway link between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle; it is presently electrified along the whole route.

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Eastern Airways

Air Kilroe Limited, trading as Eastern Airways, is a British airline whose head office is at Humberside Airport near the village of Kirmington, North Lincolnshire, England.

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EasyJet

EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a British low-cost carrier airline headquartered at London Luton Airport.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport (Edinburgh Airport, Port-adhair Dhùn Èideann) is an airport located in the Ingliston area of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Transport for Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley) is the principal station serving Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.

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Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department

The Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department (ETLLD) was a former Scottish Executive department responsible for economic and industrial development, further and higher education, skills, lifelong learning, energy, transport and digital connectivity until 2007.

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Euston railway station

Euston railway station (also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail.

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Executive agencies of the Scottish Government

Executive agencies are established by Ministers as part of Scottish Government departments, or as departments in their own right, to carry out a discrete area of work.

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Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England.

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First ScotRail

First ScotRail was a train operating company in Scotland owned by FirstGroup which operated the ScotRail franchise from October 2004 until March 2015.

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FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc FirstGroup plc is a Scottish multi-national transport group, registered and operating in the United Kingdom.

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Flybe

Flybe (pronounced) based in Exeter, England, is the largest independent regional airline in Europe.

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Flybmi

British Midland Regional Limited, trading as Flybmi is a British regional airline that operates scheduled passenger services across the UK and Europe.

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Fort William railway station

Fort William railway station is a railway station serving the town of Fort William in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Forth and Clyde Canal

The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries.

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Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing

The usage and pricing of gasoline (or petrol) results from factors such as crude oil prices, processing and distribution costs, local demand, the strength of local currencies, local taxation, and the availability of local sources of gasoline (supply).

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport, also unofficially Glasgow International Airport, formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland, located west of Glasgow city centre.

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Glasgow Central station

Glasgow Central (Glaschu Mheadhain, Glesga Central) (also known simply as Central) is the major mainline rail terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK) is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and from the city centre of Glasgow.

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Glasgow South Western Line

The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride.

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Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

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Gourock

Gourock (Guireag) is a town falling within the Inverclyde council area and formerly forming a burgh of the county of Renfrew in the West of Scotland.

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Great Britain road numbering scheme

The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads in Great Britain.

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Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Suðreyjar) compose a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Highlands and Islands Airports

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is the company that owns and operates 11 airports in the Scottish Highlands, the Northern Isles and the Western Isles.

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Hillington, Scotland

Hillington (Hullintoun, Hileantan) is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the Scottish city of Glasgow.

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Inverness Airport

Inverness Airport (Port-adhair Inbhir Nis) is an international airport situated at Dalcross, north-east of the city of Inverness, Scotland.

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Inverness railway station

Inverness railway station is the railway station serving the Scottish city of Inverness.

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Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

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Jet2.com

Jet2.com Limited, often known simply as Jet2, is a British low-cost airline based at Leeds Bradford Airport, England.

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Kilmarnock railway station

Kilmarnock railway station is a railway station in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Kincardine

Kincardine (Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland.

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Kingston Bridge, Glasgow

The Kingston Bridge is a balanced cantilever dual-span ten lane road bridge made of triple-cell segmented prestressed concrete box girders crossing the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Kristiansand

Kristiansand, historically Christianssand and Christiansand, is a city and municipality in Norway.

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Larkhall

Larkhall (Larkhauch, Taigh na h-Uiseig) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is around southeast of Glasgow.

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Larne

Larne (the name of a Gaelic territory) is a seaport and industrial market town, as well as a civil parish, on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,323 people in the 2008 Estimate.

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Larne Harbour railway station

Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan.

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Latvia

Latvia (or; Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a sovereign state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Leeds railway station

Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station) is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.

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List of town tramway systems in Scotland

List of tramways that operated in Scotland.

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Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (Pàirc Nàiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Tròisichean) is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond, and includes several ranges of hills and the Trossachs.

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Loch Ness

Loch Ness (Loch Nis) is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness.

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Loganair

Loganair Limited is a Scottish regional airline founded in 1962, with its registered office on the grounds of Glasgow Airport in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

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London King's Cross railway station

King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a Central London railway terminus on the northern edge of the city.

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London North Eastern Railway

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company that operates the InterCity East Coast franchise.

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London Stansted Airport

London Stansted Airport is an international airport located at Stansted Mountfitchet in the district of Uttlesford in Essex, northeast of Central London and from the Hertfordshire border.

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Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom.

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Low-cost carrier

A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as ''no-frills'', ''discount'' or budget carrier or airline, or LCC) is an airline without most of the traditional services provided in the fare, resulting in lower fares and fewer comforts.

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M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction (J45).

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M73 motorway

The M73 is a motorway in Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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M77 motorway

The M77 motorway is a motorway in Scotland.

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M8 motorway (Scotland)

The M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland and one of the busiest in the United Kingdom.

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M80 motorway

The M80 is a motorway in Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny and linking the M8, M73 and M9 motorways.

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M876 motorway

The M876 motorway is a motorway in Scotland.

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M898 motorway

The M898 motorway is a motorway in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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M9 motorway (Scotland)

The M9 is a major motorway in Scotland.

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M90 motorway

The M90 is a motorway in Scotland.

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Mallorca

Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.

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Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England.

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Málaga

Málaga is a municipality, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Megabus (Europe)

Megabus is a long distance coach (Intercity bus service) operator operated by the Stagecoach Group.

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Motherwell railway station

Motherwell railway station serves Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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NaPTAN

The National Public Transport Access Node (NaPTAN) database is a UK nationwide system for uniquely identifying all the points of access to public transport in the UK.

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National Express Coaches

National Express is an intercity and InterRegional coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain.

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Network Rail

Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Newark Liberty International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport, originally Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is the primary airport serving the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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Norfolkline

Norfolkline was a European ferry operator and logistics company owned by Maersk.

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North Shields

North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North East England, eight miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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NorthLink Ferries

NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.

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Orkney Ferries

Orkney Ferries is a Scottish company operating inter-island ferry services in the Orkney Islands.

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Orkney Islands Council

The Orkney Islands Council is the local authority for Orkney, Scotland.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Outer Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar or Na h-Eileanan an Iar), Innse Gall ("islands of the strangers") or the Long Isle or the Long Island (An t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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P&O (company)

P&O (formerly the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) was a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century.

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P&O Ferries

P&O Ferries is a British-based company that operates ferries from the United Kingdom to Ireland and Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands).

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Paisley railway station

Paisley railway station may refer to one of several railway stations in the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Pentland Ferries

Pentland Ferries is a privately owned, family company which has operated a ferry service between Gills Bay in Caithness, Scotland and St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay in Orkney since May 2001.

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Penzance railway station

Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England.

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Perth, Scotland

Perth (Peairt) is a city in central Scotland, located on the banks of the River Tay.

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Plymouth railway station

Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint RailwaysThe final word is in the plural.

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Preston railway station

Preston railway station in Preston, Lancashire, England, is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, roughly half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central (206 miles from London Euston, 194 miles from Glasgow Central).

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Rail transport in Great Britain

The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world.

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Railway electrification in Great Britain

Railway electrification in Great Britain began during the late 19th century.

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Renfrew Ferry

The Renfrew Ferry is a passenger ferry service linking the north and south banks of the River Clyde in Scotland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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River Clyde

The River Clyde (Abhainn Chluaidh,, Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service

The ferry service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge was a freight-only service operated by DFDS.

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Ryanair

Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline founded in 1984, headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland, with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports.

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Säve airport

Säve airport (Säve flygplats), until 2015 known as Göteborg City Airport, is an airport located north-west from the centre of Gothenburg, near Säve, on the island of Hisingen, Bohuslän, Sweden.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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ScotRail (brand)

ScotRail (Rèile na h-Alba) has been the brand name used for all Scottish regional and commuter rail services, including some cross-border services, since September 1983.

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Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders (The Mairches, "The Marches"; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Scottish Citylink

Scottish Citylink Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited is a long distance express coach operator in Scotland and Ireland (where it operates as Irish Citylink) and England (where it operates as Stansted Citylink).

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.

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Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: The Scots Pairlament) is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland.

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Scrabster

Scrabster (Scraibster, Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal) is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland.

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Sheffield station

Sheffield station, formerly Pond Street and later Sheffield Midland, is a combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield, England, and the busiest station in South Yorkshire.

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Shetland

Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.

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Shetland Islands Council

The Shetland Islands Council is the local authority for Shetland, Scotland.

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SIC Ferries

Shetland Islands Council Ferries (often named SIC Ferries) is a company operating inter-island ferry services in Shetland, a subarctic archipelago off the northeast coast of Scotland.

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St Austell railway station

St Austell Station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of St Austell, Cornwall, England.

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Stagecoach Group

Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams and express coaches.

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Stena Line

Stena Line is one of the largest ferry operators in the world.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland.

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Stranraer

Stranraer (An t-Sròn Reamhar) is a town in Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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Stranraer railway station

Stranraer railway station (sometimes known as Stranraer Harbour railway station) is a railway station that serves the town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Strathclyde

Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic, meaning "strath (valley) of the River Clyde") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a passenger transport executive responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland.

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Stromness

Stromness is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland.

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Superfast Ferries

Superfast Ferries is a Greece-based ferry company founded in 1993 by Pericles Panagopulos and Alexander Panagopulos.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Tourism in Scotland

Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200,000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year.

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Traffic Commissioner

The traffic commissioners are responsible for the licensing and regulation of the operators of heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and the registration of local bus services in Great Britain.

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TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express (legally known as First TransPennine Express Limited) First TransPennine Express Limited is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup operating the TransPennine Express franchise.

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Transport in England

England has a dense and modern transportation infrastructure.

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Transport in Ireland

Most of the transport system in Ireland is in public hands, either side of the Irish border.

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Transport in the United Kingdom

Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated with road, air, rail, and water networks.

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Transport in Wales

Transport in Wales is heavily influenced by the country's geography.

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Transport Scotland

Transport Scotland (Còmhdhail Alba) was created on 1 January 2006 as the national transport agency of Scotland.

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Troon

Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

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Troon railway station

Troon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road, usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports and other places, which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic.

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Union Canal (Scotland)

The Union Canal, full name the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal is a canal in Scotland, running from Falkirk to Edinburgh, constructed to bring minerals, especially coal, to the capital.

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Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) was an executive agency granted trading fund status in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Transport of the United Kingdom Government.

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Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group that has operated the InterCity West Coast franchise since 9 March 1997.

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Warrington Bank Quay railway station

Warrington Bank Quay railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Warrington in Cheshire, England.

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Waverley Route

The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle.

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West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow.

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Western Ferries

Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd (also known as Western Ferries) is a private ferry company with its headquarters in Hunters Quay, Scotland.

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Wigan North Western railway station

Wigan North Western railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

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Wizz Air

Wizz Air, legally incorporated as Wizz Air Hungary Ltd. (Kft.), is a Hungarian low-cost airline with its head office in Budapest.

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Xplore Dundee

Xplore Dundee (formerly branded as National Express Dundee) is a bus operator based in Dundee, Scotland operating services mainly within Dundee City.

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Zürich

Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich.

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4 ft 6 in gauge railway

The track gauge, also called the Scotch gauge, was adopted by early 19th century railways mainly in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Scotland

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