Alphaline

Alphaline is a brand name used by United Kingdom railway franchisees (and previously by British Rail) to describe high quality train services often operated by 'Express Sprinters'. The name has fallen out of use in recent years but can still be found in the National Rail timetable.

Wales & West

199?-2000

2000-2001

Wales and Borders Trains

2001-2003

Wessex Trains

2001-2002

2002-2006

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Current franchises Chiltern | East Anglia (Stansted Express) | East Midlands | Essex Thameside | Greater Western | InterCity East Coast | InterCity West Coast | Merseyrail | New Cross Country | Northern | ScotRail | South Eastern | South Western (Island Line) | Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (Gatwick Express) | TransPennine | Wales and Borders | West Midlands Defunct franchises Central | Great Eastern | Great Northern | InterCity Anglia | InterCity CrossCountry | InterCity Great Western | InterCity Midland Main Line | North London | North West Regional Railways | Regional Railways North East | South Central | Thames | Thameslink | Thameslink Great Northern | Valley Lines | Wales and West | Wessex | West Anglia Great Northern Open access operators DB Cargo UK | Elizabeth Line (TfL Rail) | Eurostar | Hull Trains | Grand Central | Heathrow Connect | Heathrow Express | London Overground | Wrexham & Shropshire Sleeper services Caledonian Sleeper | Night Riviera Defunct British Rail sectors British Rail | InterCity | Network SouthEast | Rail Express Systems | Railfreight (Loadhaul | Mainline Freight | Transrail) | Regional Railways (Network NorthWest | ScotRail) Other services Alphaline | Motorail | Red Star Parcels | Sealink | Seaspeed Infrastructure Network Rail | Railtrack