Awards Shortlist

ACTING AS ONE TEAM – INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY

This category recognises large-scale infrastructure projects where collaborative working has been central to success. Entries demonstrate how integrated teams — spanning clients, contractors, and supply chains — have delivered complex programmes through shared goals, trust, and streamlined delivery models.

• AECOM, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, SLC, NETWORK RAIL, MORGAN SINDALL INFRASTRUCTURE, NORTHERN, SIEMENS – The Northumberland Line
• AMCO GIFFEN – CP7 Wales Structures Renewals Framework
• AMEY INFRASTRUCTURE WALES, NETWORK RAIL AND TRANSPORT FOR WALES – CVL Transformation Integration Team
• BAM NUTTALL – Dawlish to Holcombe Cliff Stabilisation
• ATKINS, LAING O’ROURKE, VOLKERRAIL AND NETWORK RAIL – East West Rail Alliance
• LYNDON GOODE ARCHITECTS, NETWORK RAIL SOUTHERN REGION, SPENCE AND GLENDOLA LEISURE – Well & Boot, Waterloo Station
• NETWORK RAIL, KIER INFRASTRUCTURE & SPL POWERLINES – Wigan to Bolton Electrification
• NETWORK RAIL – Swansea Off Track Vegetation Scheme (Wales and Borders Route)
• NEXUS, SMART TRAX LIMITED, STORY PLANT LIMITED – Reimagining Rail, One Junction at a Time, Renewal of Pelaw Junction, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
• PROJECT DELIVERY SUCCESS (PDS) LTD & INVOLVE RAIL LTD – Fford Bleddyn Bridge – Finishing Works
• SPL POWERLINES / NETWORK RAIL – Midland Main Line Electrification K2W
• VOLKERFITZPATRICK LIMITED – Radlett Strategic Rail Freight Interchange – Phase One

ACTING AS ONE TEAM – CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

This category celebrates collaborative efforts that have directly enhanced the passenger experience. Entries demonstrate how cross-functional teams, frontline staff, and delivery partners have worked together to improve accessibility, service quality, and customer satisfaction.

• CLARITY BUSINESS TRAVEL – Royal Mail Group & Clarity Business Travel
• CHILTERN RAILWAYS AND CARLISLE SUPPORT SERVICES – The Wembley Stadium Major Events Team
• HULL TRAINS – One Team, One Goal
• NETWORK RAIL – N&E Community Safety Sharepoint
• EAST MIDLANDS RAILWAY, GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY, NETWORK RAIL (EAST MIDLANDS) – Christmas 2024 East Midlands delivering for passengers
• NETWORK RAIL AND RAIL DELIVERY GROUP – Smarter Information, Smarter Journeys Programme
• RSSB – Health Insights – Bringing Health on a par with Safety
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Bringing Together Multiple Teams Around a Single Unifying Idea
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – South Wales Main Line December 2024 Timetable Recast
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Cardiff Crossrail Public Consultation
• WEST OF ENGLAND MAYORAL COMBINED AUTHORITY, BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL, NETWORK RAIL, GWR AND BAM – Ashley Down Railway Station

ACTING AS ONE TEAM – PARTNERSHIP EXCELLENCE

This category highlights entries where the standout achievement is in the way organisations, teams, or sectors have worked together, or in the innovative processes they have developed and applied to deliver better outcomes for the rail industry.

• ASSISTING SUCCESS LIMITED – Working as a Team to Deliver Utility Diversions in a Safer, Faster, Greener Way
• EAST COAST DIGITAL PROGRAMME – Northern City Line – the UK network’s first-ever commuter railway to operate without signals at the side of the track
• NETWORK RAIL, DIGITAL CATAPULT, TENDED & ONWAVE – Geospatial Technology for Improving Rail Safety and Efficiency
• NETWORK RAIL – Driving Safety Through Innovation
• NETWORK RAIL – External Partnerships Investment Programme
• NETWORK RAIL – Railway 200
• PA CONSULTING, HS2 LTD, EXPEDITION ENGINEERING & NATIONAL HIGHWAYS – Collaborating to Decarbonise Concrete: A Cross-Sector Initiative to Unlock Calcined Clay for UK Infrastructure
• SCOTLAND’S RAILWAY DRAINAGE AND LINESIDE – A Story of Transformation, Resilience and Leadership
• VANGUARD SOLUTIONS GROUP – Collaboration in Motion — Building a Safer, Smarter Rail Industry Together

ASSET MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE

Recognising excellence in the stewardship of rail assets, this category highlights innovative, efficient, or sustainable approaches to maintaining and enhancing infrastructure or rolling stock.

• COLAS RAIL UK – The Successful Running and Managing of Fleet
• DRONECLOUD – BVLOS Drone Operations: Transforming Aerial Railway Response and Maintenance
• ENABLE MY TEAM – Network Wide Switches & Crossings (S&C) AI Extraction
• HAYLEY GROUP DEXIS – Hayley Rail SmartStore RFID Technology (The unmanned Store)
• NETWORK RAIL – Transforming Cornwall’s Railway
• NETWORK RAIL SCOTLAND-FINANCE – Scotlands Utilities App
• NETWORK RAIL – Citadel: A smarter way to manage stations and buildings
• NEXUS – Reimagining Rail, One Junction at a Time, Renewal of Pelaw Junction, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
• SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY – Improved Carbon Data Modelling saves SWR and the Taxpayer £6.5 in FY2425

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY – INFRASTRUCTURE

This category showcases how technology has been applied to improve infrastructure delivery, performance, or resilience.

• AMEY – Smart Electrification
• EAST COAST DIGITAL PROGRAMME (ECDP) – A Collaborative Integration Facility for Seamless Technology Integration
• FURRER+FREY – CODES (COst-reducing Dynamic Electrification gradient System)
• NETWORK RAIL AND SIEMENS – Transforming Cornwall’s Railway
• NETWORK RAIL – Addressing Critical Safety Challenges on our Railways
• NETWORK RAIL, CGI, NIVUS, ZETICA – Real Time Scour Monitoring
• NETWORK RAIL – Transforming Railway Safety and Efficiency with Network Rail’s Digital Lineside Inspection Tool
• NETWORK RAIL (NW&C) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARK SIGNALLING – Electromagnetic Interference Monitoring System for Solid State Interlocking Datalinks
• RAIL DELIVERY GROUP AND BLACK BOX PARTNERSHIPS – Project Pluto Programme Team
• STANTEC LTD – Innovative Debris Flow Modelling for Rail Infrastructure Resilience
• VANGUARD SOLUTIONS GROUP – Transforming Rail Operations with the Visual Decision Management Tool

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY – PASSENGER IMPACT

Focusing on the passenger experience, this category rewards digital or tech-led solutions that have enhanced accessibility, information, or journey quality.

• CLARUS NETWORKS – Transforming Rural Passenger Connectivity with Rail Grade LEO Satellite WiFi
• CROSSCOUNTRY TRAINS – British Sign Language Menu Translation
• HEATHROW EXPRESS – Safety Culture Audit System for Passenger Experience
• NETWORK RAIL AND RAIL DELIVERY GROUP – Engineering Sales Suppression
• PULSAART by AGC (AGC Glass Europe) – WAVETHRU™ Retrofit
• SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY – Signapse – transforming real-time travel information for Deaf and hard of hearing customers

COMMITMENT TO SAFETY

This category honours initiatives that have demonstrably improved safety for passengers, staff, or the public — through leadership, innovation, or behavioural change.

• AMCOGIFFEN – AmcoGiffen and Safety Shield Global – Revolutionising Safety Through the People, Plant Interface (PPI) App
• ASSISTING SUCCESS LTD – Utility Diversions Delivered in a Safer, Faster, Greener Way
• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY & SEVERNSIDE COMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIP – Improving Safety, Accessibility and Confidence in Rail Travel (Rupee and Sushi Series)
• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – Resilient Futures: The Bridgwater Safeguarding Response
• INVESTIGATION & EXAMINATION SERVICES – Raising Standards, Not Risks: Safety by Design from Day One
• LONDON NORTHWESTERN & WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAYS – ‘Keeping it Simple to be Safe’ Campaign
• NETWORK RAIL – Possession Limit Controls: A Safer Future for Everyone on Track
• NETWORK RAIL – School Nerd (N&E Rail Data)
• NETWORK RAIL – Central Rail Systems Alliance and the ‘mushroom effect’ with Track ID marker plates
• NETWORK RAIL – Southern Safer Isolations
• SCOTLAND’S RAILWAY – Scotland’s Railway My Safety Programme
• SIGNAL SOFTWARE – Awareness in Every Shift: Empowering Safer Rail Through Fatigue Management
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – No Second Chance
• VANGUARD SOLUTIONS GROUP – Interactive Induction and Access Control for a RiskFree Railway
• VOLKERRAIL – Safety of Our People campaign
• ZONEGREEN – Zonegreen Rail Safety Solutions

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Highlighting social value, this category recognises contributions to communities, education, or the environment that go beyond core business delivery.

• AECOM, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, SLC, NETWORK RAIL, MORGAN SINDALL INFRASTRUCTURE, NORTHERN, SIEMENS – The Northumberland Line
• c2c RAILWAY – c2c’s Corporate Social Responsibility 2025
• EMICO – Riding Towards a Sustainable Future
• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – Journey Tales: Connecting People, Creating Impact
• HEATHROW EXPRESS – Community Engagement Team
• LUMO – Doing Things Differently
• MITIE – Mitie’s Longstanding Relationship with Network Rail Delivering IFM Services
• NETWORK RAIL – Forest Schools for Options Trent Acres
• NETWORK RAIL – N&E Community Safety Work
• NETWORK RAIL, AMCOGIFFEN, SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYORAL COMBINED AUTHORITY – Magna Tram Train New Station
• NETWORK RAIL – Dumping on Deepdale – Developing a Solution for a Community in Preston
• RSSB, NETWORK RAIL, DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT, GOVIA THAMESLINK, AVANTI, GREAT WESTREN RAILWAY, TRANSPORT FOR WALES & SIEMENS – The Rail Social Value Tool – A Whole Industry Approach to Measuring and Maximising Social Impact
• RSS INFRASTRUCTURE – Inspiring the Next Generation Through the “Design a Railway Station 2030” Competition
• SOUTHERN RENEWALS ENTERPRISE– A Collaborative Model for Sustainable Rail Infrastructure
• SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY – Try the Train with the Senior Saints
• TRANSPENNINE ROUTE UPGRADE – TRU Community Fund – A Catalyst for Local Regeneration

DELIVERING FOR THE CUSTOMER

Recognising projects or services that have placed the customer at the heart of delivery — with clear evidence of improved satisfaction, trust, or accessibility.

• BAM NUTTALL – Agar Grove
• GOODMAPS – GoodMaps Inclusive Navigation Platform Revolutionizing Customer Independence
• NETWORK RAIL – Concern for Welfare on the East London Line
• NETWORK RAIL & RAIL DELIVERY GROUP – Visual Disruption Maps
• SPENCER RAIL ENGINEERING & WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAY – Tyseley Depot Enhancement Project
• SUNBELT RENTALS – Rail Technology and Monitoring Solutions
• TRACSIS – TfW and Tracsis Customer Disruptive Messaging Innovation
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Taylor Swift Era’s Tour in Cardiff
• VANGUARD SOLUTIONS GROUP – Delivering Reliability and Confidence — Enhancing Passenger Experience through the Rail-Link© Platform
• WHOOSH & LNER – All On-Board with LNER

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

This category celebrates initiatives that have actively fostered a more inclusive rail sector — whether through recruitment, leadership, or community engagement.

• ATKINSREALIS – ATKINSREALIS
• CROFTSTONE MANAGEMENT – The BE IDEAL Culture of Care
• HULL TRAINS – Acting As One Team
• LONDON NORTHWESTERN AND WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAYS – Championing an Inclusive Workforce
• LNER, ALSTOM AND THE FARES, TICKETING AND RETAIL PROGRAMME – Jewish Rail Network
• NETWORK RAIL, CULTURAL FUSION NETWORK – Cultural Fusion Employee Group
• NETWORK RAIL’S DISABILITY CONFIDENCE EMPLOYEE NETWORK – Confident Conversations: Empowering Voices, Inspiring Change
• NETWORK RAIL, RAIL SAFETY STANDARDS BOARD AND TALENT FOUNDRY – Driving Social Mobility and Strengthening the Industry’s Talent Pipeline
• NETWORK RAIL – Elevate Your Excellence EYE
• SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY – SWR Inclusion and Diversity Strategy
• TRANSPORT FOR LONDON – CNG20: Celebrating 20 Years of Change – A Pan-CNG Celebration of Intersectional Inclusion and Allyship
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Period Dignity Project
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Storytelling Trailblazer

INNOVATIVE ROLLING STOCK

This category showcases innovation in train design, refurbishment, or performance — with benefits for passengers, operators, or the environment.

• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – Battery-Powered Train World-Record Project
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Class 230 Re-Engineering Project
• TURNTIDE TECHNOLOGIES – Turntide Partners with Hitachi for UK Tri-Mode Trains

NET ZERO PIONEER

Recognising leadership in decarbonisation, this category highlights projects that have delivered measurable carbon reductions or enabled greener operations.

• DURA COMPOSITES – Innovation in Carbon Reduction Techniques
• GREATER ANGLIA – Commitment to ensure we can fulfil our net zero targets
• HAYLEY RAIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SHELL & HYDAC – Oil Filtration Recycling Initiative
• KEOLISAMEY DOCKLANDS – Accelerating to Net Zero – KAD’s Full EV Fleet Transformation
• PA CONSULTING, HS2 LTD, EXPEDITION ENGINEERING & NATIONAL HIGHWAYS – Breaking the Supply – Demand Deadlock – Driving Calcined Clay Adoption for a Low-Carbon Concrete Future
• SICUT – Leading Innovator in Sustainable Railway Infrastructure
• SIEMENS MOBILITY – A Leap Towards a Sustainable and Digital Rail Future on East Coast Digital Programme
• SOUTHERN RENEWALS ENTERPRISE – Pioneering Carbon Reduction in UK Rail Renewables
• TRANSPORT FOR LONDON – Leading the Carbon Shift: Driving Culture Change and Exceeding Net Zero Targets at TfL
• TURNTIDE TECHNOLOGIES – Turntide Partners with Hitachi for UK Tri-Mode Trains
• WSP – Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) Route Upgrade LDO

OPERATOR OF THE YEAR

This category celebrates an operator that has consistently delivered excellence — in performance, customer service, innovation, and sector leadership.

• c2c RAILWAY
• GREATER ANGLIA
• HEATHROW EXPRESS
• HULL TRAINS
• KEOLISAMEY DOCKLANDS
• LONDON NORTHWESTERN AND WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAYS
• LUMO

OUTSTANDING PROJECT (OVER £20M)

This category recognises major projects that have delivered significant impact with clear benefits for the rail network or its users.

• AECOM, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL, SLC, NETWORK RAIL, MORGAN SINDALL INFRASTRUCTURE, NORTHERN, SIEMENS – The Northumberland Line
• ALSTOM TRANSPORT UK LTD – Victoria Phase 4
• BAM NUTTALL – Ashley Down Station
• BAM NUTTALL – Dawlish Cliff Stabilisation
• EAST WEST RAIL ALLIANCE – East West Rail Phase 2
• LONDON NORTHWESTERN & WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAYS – Depot Investment Programme
• NETWORK RAIL, KIER TRANSPORTATION & SPL POWERLINES – Wigan to Bolton Electrification Project
• NETWORK RAIL – Levenmouth Rail Link Project
• NETWORK RAIL, DDaT (Digital, Data & Technology) – PSTN Migration Project
• NETWORK RAIL – Greek Street Bridge Replacement
• NETWORK RAIL, ARQ & BONOMI – Severn Tunnel Electrification Upgrade
• SIEMENS MOBILITY, NETWORK RAIL, BALFOUR BEATTY PLC AND THE CENTRAIL RAIL SYSTEMS ALLIANCE – Crewe Basford Hall and Independent Lines (BHIL) Project
• SKANSKA – Clifton Rail Bridge Replacement CP7
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – Class 230 Re-Engineering Project
• VOLKERFITZPATRICK, NETWORK RAIL/ASPRO, GARDINER & THEOBOLD, VEXTRIX, BWB CONSULTING & TONY GEE PARTNERS – Radlett Strategic Rail Freight Interchange – Phase One

OUTSTANDING PROJECT (UNDER £20m)

Celebrating smaller-scale projects with big impact, this category highlights innovation, efficiency, or community benefit.

• BAM NUTTALL – Bristol Temple Meads Eastern Entrance
• c2c RAILWAY – Not Worth the Gamble
• EMICO – Richmond Station Cycle Hub – Transforming Sustainable Travel Through Innovation
• FURRER+FREY – Cost-reducing Dynamic Electrification gradient System
• LYNDON GOODE ARCHITECTS, NETWORK RAIL SOUTHERN REGION, SPENCE AND GLENDOLA LEISURE – The Well & Boot, Waterloo Station
• METHOD GRID – Bringing NAVIGATE to Life
• NETWORK RAIL WORKS DELIVERY SCOTLAND – Brora Track Refurbishment
• NEXUS – Reimagining Rail, One Junction at a Time, Renewal of Pelaw Junction, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
• SIEMENS MOBILITY & NETWORK RAIL EAST COAST ROUTE – The York Re-Control Initiative: Setting New Benchmarks for Railway Operations
• SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY – Richmond’s Station Heritage Refurbishment

PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

Recognising a product that has delivered clear benefits to the rail sector — whether through innovation, cost savings, or improved outcomes.

• AMEY – Amey Tessera Solution
• ALSTOM – SmartIO – Moving the future of trackside control forward
• AUS LTD, AN OSMOSE COMPANY – AUS Ltd 0.3in Contact Wire Swivel Clip
• BAM NUTTALL – Dawlish Cliff Stabilisation – Combination Bar
• MITIE, NETWORK RAIL AND OZOKLENZ – Chemical-Free Cleaning Innovation
• PANDROL – Revolutionising Rail Welding with Pandrol’s i+weld Innovation
• SIEMENS MOBILITY – Digital Surveyor – Turning safety into something you can see, a visual tool that ensures every employee can see, understand, and avoid danger—every day.
• TORNADO WIRE LTD – Pro-Strain® Metal Fencing System – Bridging Agricultural Durability with Rail-Side Safety
• SICUT – The Sicut Recycled Plastic Composite Sleeper
• TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS – Eliminating Overhead Line Failures with AI-Powered Intervention
• TWINFIX – Pioneers of Polycarbonate
• VANGUARD SOLUTIONS GROUP – Rail-Link© — A Unified Digital Ecosystem for a Smarter, Safer Railway

SERVICE OF THE YEAR

This category celebrates a service that has made a tangible difference to passengers, freight, or operations — with evidence of reliability, innovation, or customer impact.

• BAM NUTTALL – Agar Grove
• HITACHI RAIL – Swansea Maliphant Hitachi Train Maintenance Centre
• PULSAART BY AGC – WAVETHRU™ Retrofit: Sustainable and cost-effective connectivity enhancement on board
• THINK HIRE – Energy-as-a-Service for Operational Excellence

TRAINING EXCELLENCE

Highlighting the importance of skills and development, this category recognises programmes that have upskilled the workforce or supported new entrants into rail.

• GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY – GTR Apprenticeship Team
• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – Future-Focused Fraud Investigation Apprenticeship
• LONDON NORTHWESTERN & WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAYS – Paving the Way for the Next Generation of Rail Workers
• NETWORK RAIL – Warm Welcome & Strong Start – Network Rail Corporate Induction
• PM TRAINING AND ASSESSING LTD – Creating a Skilled Workforce
• RSSB – Taking Safe Decisions E-Learning
• SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY – LEAP (Leading Excellence and Performance)
• TRANSPENNINE ROUTE UPGRADE EAST & RAMBUTAN LTD – Forging Future Leaders
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES & DENOVA – TfW & Denova’s Virtual Reality Training for Train Managers
• TRANSPORT FOR WALES – TfW’s Trauma Awareness & Support Programme
• VANGUARD SOLUTIONS GROUP – Smarter Training, Safer Workforce — Building Competence through Collaboration and Innovation

YOUNG RAIL PROFESSIONAL

This category honours an emerging talent whose contribution, leadership, or innovation marks them out as one to watch in the future of rail.

• Alexander Woods – SYSTRA Ltd
• Amandeep Hare – Transpennine Express working with Transpennine Route Upgrade
• Beatrice Cooper – Network Rail – TransPennine Route Upgrade
• Chloe Collinson – BTTC
• Christy Argyroudi – Network Rail & Railway 200
• Daniel Colley – Waterman Aspen
• Edmund Crossthwaite – Network Rail
• James Bennett – Transport for Wales
• James Callingham – West Midlands Rail Executive
• Kaseya Chisala – Network Rail
• Katharine Edwards – Network Rail
• Lily Shimmin – Network Rail
• Louisa Quarterman – BTTC
• Luke Brammer – Engineering Consultancy Services Ltd
• Luke Smith – Investigation & Examination Services
• Megan McCreadie – AtkinsRealis
• Michael Rose – Transport for Wales
• Molly-Jean Crowther – Amey
• Paul Watson-Peters – Mott MacDonald
• Sam Jones – RSSB
• Sofia Kyriakopoulou – Fishbone
• Zak Fryer – Investigation and Examination Services