Most passenger services in Great Britain are now run by publicly owned operators, as the railway prepares for the transition to Great British Railways, though familiar brands such as LNER and Great Western Railway remain. Eurostar links London with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. Two night trains, the Caledonian Sleeper to Scotland and the Night Riviera to Cornwall, run from London six nights a week.
Network length
16,000 km
Number of stations
2,600
Publicly owned operator of InterCity services on the East Coast Main Line, linking London King's Cross with Yorkshire, north-east England and Scotland.
Running long-distance and regional services from London Paddington to south-west England and south Wales, including the Night Riviera sleeper between London and Penzance.
Operator of long-distance services on the West Coast Main Line, linking London Euston with Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, north Wales and Glasgow.
Scotland's national train operator, running most services within Scotland, from the Glasgow and Edinburgh suburban networks to scenic rural lines such as the West Highland Line.
Operator of Britain's longest network, running trains that cross the country without serving London, on routes from Scotland and the north-east to the south-west via Birmingham.
Publicly owned operator running commuter services between London and south Essex.
Operator of the Caledonian Sleeper night trains between London and Scottish destinations.
Operator of services from London Marylebone to Oxford, Birmingham and the Chilterns.
Operator of services from London to Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield, plus regional trains.
An international high-speed operator linking London with Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam and Amsterdam through the Channel Tunnel. Since merging with Thalys in 2023, it also connects Paris with Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany under one brand.
Express service linking London Victoria with Gatwick Airport in around half an hour.
Publicly owned operator running services from London Liverpool Street across the east of England.
Commuter operator running services from London King's Cross to Cambridge, Peterborough and King's Lynn.
Express service linking London Paddington with Heathrow Airport in around 15 minutes.
Open-access operator running direct services between London King's Cross and Hull.
Suburban rail network serving Greater London.
Operator running low-cost services between London and Edinburgh.
Urban network running frequent trains across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Publicly owned operator running local and regional services across the north of England.
Publicly owned operator running services between London and Kent, including high-speed trains.
Commuter operator running services from London to Surrey, Sussex and the south coast, including Brighton.
Publicly owned operator running services from London to south-west London, Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset.
Cross-London network linking Bedford, Cambridge and Luton with Gatwick Airport and Brighton via central London.
Publicly owned operator running services across the north of England and into Scotland.
Welsh Government-owned operator running services throughout Wales and the border counties.
Operator of commuter and regional services around Birmingham and on the West Coast Main Line to London.
Best-in-class booking tools and APIs for European train tickets.
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