Editing First ScotRail (section)

===Rural lines===
[[File:West Highland Line looking north from Rannoch station 02.jpg|thumb|right|The [[West Highland Line]] at [[Rannoch railway station|Rannoch]]]]
[[File:First ScotRail Class 170.JPG|thumb|[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostar'']] in First ScotRail livery at [[Inverness railway station|Inverness]]]]
Rural lines include the scenic [[West Highland Line]], [[Kyle of Lochalsh line]] and [[Far North Line]]. These lines carried more passengers, mostly tourists, during the summer months, but provided a valuable link and social service during the winter months.

Many rural lines are single track. Trains terminating at the coastal towns of [[Oban]] and [[Mallaig]] connected with the [[Caledonian MacBrayne]] ferry services to [[Isle of Skye|Skye]], [[Colonsay]], [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]], [[Islay]] and the [[Outer Hebrides]] and [[Inner Hebrides]].

The rural lines were:
*[[Aberdeen–Inverness line]]
*[[Far North Line]]
*[[Kyle of Lochalsh line]]
*[[West Highland Line]]