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By entering the Spotlight Rail Awards, you will be able to communicate your product, project, service or solution to our unique audience, consisting of 47,000 rail professionals. Our 12-month award campaign consists of numerous benefits, including:

• Take part in our shortlist webinar to present your project to our audience
• Promote your achievements to some of the most knowledgeable people sat on our judging panel
• Elevate your company profile through our social channels before, during and after the event
• Increase the credibility of your organisation by gaining a third-party stamp of endorsement
• Network with some of the most influential people in the sector on the night

We are Open for Entries NOW

Look forward to reading about your products, projects, services, or solutions ranging between June 2023 and June 2024. After the deadline of 30 September 2025 passes (Deadline Extension: Entries Close on 14 October), our judges will review each entry in October 2025, and the shortlist will be officially announced in November 2025.

In January 2026, each shortlisted entry will have the chance to promote their product, project, service, or solution via an interactive webinar, attracting hundreds of viewers and inviting questions from across the industry. With judging already completed, these webinars give you an extra opportunity to showcase your achievements on the run up to the awards, as well as hear about all the good coming out of the rail sector.

Our virtual programme will officially release in February, and on 12 March 2026, the ceremony will commence at London Hilton on Park Lane at 18:30.

A night of celebrating excellence, connecting with colleagues from across the industry, and applauding the work shaping rail throughout the UK, the SPOTLIGHT Rail Awards promises to be unmissable for the third year in a row.

We understand that not all organisations have the infrastructure in place to write award entries, whether this is resource, time constraints or the expertise in writing succinct entries which meet the entry criteria. We strongly believe that this should not be a barrier to enter and that you should be able to compete on a level playing field alongside organisations experienced in submitting entries.

Clare, Ebony, Kate and Polly are vastly experienced in award writing in the rail sector, collectively responsible for winning hundreds of awards for companies over the years. If you have a good project or solution to put forward for the awards and would like some external help they will be delighted to help shape your nomination.