Template:Defunct UK TOCs

Train operating companies in the United Kingdom

National	Arriva Rail London London Overground Avanti West Coast c2c Caledonian Sleeper⁴ Chiltern Railways CrossCountry East Midlands Railway Elizabeth line Govia Thameslink Railway Grand Central² Greater Anglia Great Western Railway Heathrow Express Hull Trains² London North Eastern Railway¹ Lumo² Merseyrail NI Railways³ Northern¹ ScotRail⁴ Southeastern¹ South Western Railway TransPennine Express¹ Transport for Wales¹ West Midlands Trains
International	Enterprise³ Eurostar
Sub-brands	Gatwick Express Great Northern Island Line London Northwestern Railway Night Riviera Southern Stansted Express Thameslink West Midlands Railway
Operators not subject to franchising or concession: ¹ Government-owned operator of last resort ² Open-access operator ³ Operates on the Irish railway network and state-owned ⁴ Owned by the Scottish Government

Defunct (since 1994)

Abellio ScotRail

Anglia Railways

Arriva Rail North

Arriva Trains Merseyside

Arriva Trains Northern

First Capital Connect

First Great Eastern

First Great Western Link

First North Western

First ScotRail

First TransPennine Express

Gatwick Express¹

Great North Eastern Railway

London Overground Rail Operations

Midland Mainline

National Express East Anglia

National Express East Coast

Northern Rail

ScotRail (National Express)

Virgin Trains East Coast

Virgin Trains West Coast

Wales & Borders

Wales & West

Wessex Trains

West Anglia Great Northern

Wrexham & Shropshire

¹ Separate franchise until 2008; now a sub-brand of Govia Thameslink Railway
² Separate franchise until 2007, now a sub-brand of South Western Railway
³ Separate franchise until 2006; later reintroduced as a sub-brand of Govia Thameslink Railway

Future

Future operators	Grand Union
Prospective operators	Go-op Virgin Trains Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway

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