Key events of the past 12 months
| February 2010 | Major recovery/repair operations completed at Carrbridge |
| RMT union calls strike over use of guards on new A-B-E services | |
| January 2010 | Container train in major derailment at Carrbridge |
| Weather worsens across Britain - all transport badly hit | |
| December 2009 | Festive season travel disrupted by worst weather for many years |
| Improvements to Kilmarnock line and Edinburgh-Glasgow via Shotts services | |
| November 2009 | Nationalised ^East Coast^ operations commence |
| First of the new class 70 locomotives delivered | |
| October 2009 | Plans submitted for train/tram interchange station at Gogar |
| September 2009 | Glasgow Airport rail link cancelled |
| August 2009 | High Speed 2 proposals published |
| New Market Street entrance for Waverley announced | |
| July 2009 | ECML operations effectively nationalised |
| June 2009 | Plans for new Gourock station finally submitted |
| First Group reports bid for National Express rejected | |
| May 2009 | Doubts raised over future of National Express East Coast franchise |
| Laurencekirk station reopens after 41 years | |
| April 2009 | Planned revamp of Waverley Steps approved |
| Airdrie-Bathgate main contracts awarded | |
| March 2009 | Introduction of Alloa - Edinburgh service announced from May 2009 |
| February 2009 | £7.9bn order placed with Hitachi for 125 replacements |
| January 2009 | Inverness rail freight interchange officially opened |
| November 2008 | Scottish Coal wins contract to part-supply Longannet PS |
| Clearance work commences on Airdrie - Bathgate Rail Link | |
| October 2008 | Doubling of Bathgate branch completed |