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Caledonian Sleeper is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom. Trains run nightly (except Saturday night) with two departures from London and split to serve five final destination routes within Scotland. The earlier departure serves , and . The later departure serves Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central. All routes have several intermediate stops. the services are part of the Caledonian Sleeper franchise operated by the train operating company Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited (SCSL). ==Operator== Since the privatisation of British Rail the Caledonian Sleeper has been part of the ScotRail franchise. The Scottish Caledonian Sleeper Service was named in the Top 40 priority investments on page 37 of the Budget 2013 Red Book. In 2012 the Scottish Government announced that as part of the reletting of this franchise from April 2015 it would be split, with the sleeper a separate franchise to run for 15 years. It was stated that a total of £100 million would be invested in new and additional rolling stock. In June 2013, Transport Scotland announced Arriva, FirstGroup and Serco had been shortlisted to bid for the new franchise.〔(Caledonian sleeper train service bidders named ) ''BBC News'' 28 June 2013〕 In May 2014, the franchise was awarded to Serco with a commitment to replace the Mark 2 and Mark 3 coaching stock by 2018.〔(Serco wins franchise for Caledonian sleeper train service ) ''BBC News'' 28 May 2014〕 On 31 March 2015, Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited,〔(Companies House extract company no SC477821 ) Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited〕 a subsidiary of Serco, took over the operation of the Caledonian Sleeper as an independent franchise split from the ScotRail franchise formerly operated by FirstGroup. The Caledonian Sleepers headquarters and customer call centre is located within Railway Station. Each terminus station has lounges and ticketing/customer service desks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caledonian Sleeper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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