2024 winners and shortlist

Innovation of the Year

• Amey – Discontinuous electrification of Core Valley Lines - Highly Commended 

• LNER – Automated deer detection system

• Network Rail Sussex Route (part of Southern Region) & Loccioni – FELIX Trolley

• Purple Transform – Enabling better human outcomes in rail and beyond with SiYtE - Highly Commended

• Rail Electrification Alliance – Developing the world’s largest 50HZ static frequency converters - WINNER

• Siemens Mobility – Variable Rate Sanding - Highly Commended

• Transreport for Passenger Assistance

Infrastructure Achievement of the Year

• AmcoGiffen, Systra and Network Rail for Ebbw Vale Earthworks Four Enhancement

• GRAHAM for Beaulieu Parkway Bridge Project

• Keltbray and Network Rail – LTS MK1 OLE replacement - WINNER

• Morgan Sindall Infrastructure – Parsons Tunnel Rockfall Shelter - Highly Commended

• East Coast Digital Programme - Network Rail, Siemens Mobility and GTR for Northern City Line ETCS Pathfinder Project

• Stadler, Nexus and VolkerFitzpatrick for the Gosforth Depot Construction

Outstanding Teamwork Award

• AmcoGiffen, QTS and Network Rail – Severn Estuary Earthworks Resilience

• AtkinsRealis, Network Rail and Global Rail Construction for the Feltham to Wokingham Resignalling Programme Team - WINNER

• Carmichael UK, Elite Project Services, EKFB and HM Prison and Probation Services – Unique solutions to leave a lasting legacy

• Network Rail, Balfour Beatty & Crouch Waterfall – Nuneham Viaduct

• Network Rail Wales Route & Transport for Wales – Cambrian Local Railway Partnership - Highly Commended

• Southeastern & Network Rail Kent Route for the Joint Alliance Executive Team - Highly Commended

• Transmission Dynamics in partnership with Angel Trains, Network Rail and West Midlands Trains for PANDAS-V

Freight & Logistics Achievement of the Year 

• Freightliner with Network Rail, Mendip Rail, Aggregate Industries and Heidelberg Materials for the Mendip Train Plan Recast - Highly Commended

• GB Railfreight for the Peterborough Maintenance Hub

• VTG Rail UK and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) – Leading the way with the launch of the UK’s first digital iWagon - WINNER

Major Project of the Year

• AtkinsRealis – Feltham & Wokingham Area Resignalling Programme - Highly Commended

• Craidd Alliance – Core Valley Lines leaving a legacy for South Wales

• Network Rail in partnership with VolkerStory Joint Venture – Hope Valley Railway Upgrade

• Transport for London – Bank Station capacity upgrade - WINNER

Environmental Excellence 

• Chiltern Railways – Implementation of HVO fuel in Class 68 locomotives

• Govia Thameslink Railway & Energy Garden for UK rail’s first community-owned solar cooperative - WINNER

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority – Headbolt Lane - Highly Commended

• Network Rail’s South Rail System Alliance and Technical Authority – Lankhorst Hedgehog Sleeper and sustainable sleeper strategy

• Network Rail and The Green Block - Highly Commended

• Sicut Enterprises for Sicut Sleepers - Highly Commended

• Torrent Trackside – On track for Net Zero with battery powered tools and equipment

Safety Achievement of the Year

• Learn Live – Rail Safe Friendly

• Network Rail partnered with Loccioni for FELIX Automated Measurement Trolley - WINNER

• Network Rail (R&D, North West and Central Region and Route Services) in collaboration with One Big Circle and Angel Trains – Balance Weight Detection

• Transpennine Route Upgrade in partnership with Active Training Team (ATT) – TRUST Centre and Programme

• Network Rail Southern Region – Southern Safer, Faster Isolations - Highly Commended

• TransPennine Express – Safer Hull Paragon Hub - Highly Commended

Fleet Achievement of the Year 

• Greater Anglia – Fleet Transformation - WINNER

• Lumo & Hitachi Rail – Fleet Achievement

• One Big Circle and Angel Trains for AIVR Smart Fleet - Highly Commended

• South Western Railway Bournemouth Traincare Depot for Class 444 and 450 repaint programme

Customer Service Excellence 

• East Midlands Railway – Skegness Summer Service - WINNER

• Govia Thameslink Railway with the Thomas Pocklington Trust and Sight Loss Councils – Aira Explorer App - Highly Commended

• Greater Anglia – We’re all ears campaign - Highly Commended

• Greater Anglia & Stadler – Class 745/755 trains - Highly Commended

• Luton Rising & Ethos Farm with service partners London Luton Airport, Bellrock and Doppelmayr – Luton Dart: The happiest station in the UK

• Southeastern – The Southeastern App

• South Western Railway – Dynamic Disruption Information Project

Great Place to Work 

• British Transport Police Technology Department - Highly Commended

• East Midlands Railway

• Govia Thameslink Railway

• Hull Trains - WINNER

• LNER

• SLC Rail - Highly Commended

• Carmichael UK – Placing people first and leaving a legacy on the UK’s largest rail project - WINNER

• Chiltern Railways – Community Rail Projects - Highly Commended

• Nottingham Trams for NET and the Pythian Club – NETs proactive approach to tackling anti-social behaviour

• Network Rail – Built Environment Accessibility Panel

• Porterbrook – Inspiring the next generation

• Siemens Mobility – Goole Rail Village - Highly Commended

• SLC Rail – 15 years of making a difference

• TransPennine Express – Serving our communities

Small Station of the Year

• Bures – Greater Anglia

• Chirk – Transport for Wales - Highly Commended

• Inverness Airport - ScotRail

• Reading Green Park – Great Western Railway

• Wemyss Bay - ScotRail - WINNER

• Workington – Northern - Highly Commended

Medium Station of the Year

• Berwick upon Tweed - LNER

• Dumfries - ScotRail

• Margate - Southeastern - Highly Commended

• Market Harborough – East Midlands Railway - Highly Commended

• University Birmingham – West Midlands Trains - WINNER

• Windsor & Eton Riverside – South Western Railway

Large Station of the Year

• Cambridge – Greater Anglia - WINNER

• Carlisle – Avanti West Coast

• Gatwick Airport – Govia Thameslink Railway - Highly Commended

• Motherwell - ScotRail - Highly Commended

• Norwich – Greater Anglia

• Stirling - ScotRail

Major Station of the Year

• Glasgow Central – Network Rail

• Glasgow Queen Street – ScotRail - WINNER

• London Bridge – Network Rail

• London King’s Cross - Network Rail - Highly Commended

• London St Pancras International – HS1

• York - LNER - Highly Commended

Passenger Operator of the Year

• Arriva Rail London - Highly Commended

• Greater Anglia - WINNER

• Lumo - Highly Commended

• Merseyrail

• MTR Elizabeth Line

• West Midlands Trains

Outstanding Personal Contribution (Frontline)

• Kev Adlam, Account Manager at GB Railfreight & Branch Line Society

• Tracy Bannon, Depot Administrator, Great Western Railway

• Andrea Battelli, Conductor, Southeastern

• Graham Blake, Holmes Chapel Customer Service Assistant, Northern

• Nicola Brice, Customer Experience Team Leader, Nottingham Trams

• Lisa Brown, On Board Service Manager, Great Western Railway

• Don Coffey, Driver, TransPennine Express

• Gemma Gronous, Driver, Northern

• Stewart Hall & Darin Astbury, Brinnington Swap Shop, Northern - Highly Commended

• Jason Hart, Wheel Lathe Supervisor, Siemens Mobility - WINNER

• Andy Hill, Operations Trainer, Assessor & Design Specialist, Rail Assessments

• Muhammed Khan, Southeastern

• Michael Pace, Platform Non-Dispatch Metro, Govia Thameslink Railway

• Mark Reed, Conductor, TransPennine Express

• David Savage, Community Rail Officer, Avanti West Coast and Community Rail Lancashire

• Grace-Anne Stephenson, Norwood Junction Dispatcher, Arriva Rail London - Highly Commended

• Paul Wilkinson, Conductor, Northern

• The Eastleigh PWAY Team, Network Rail

• The St Pancras International Station Team, Network Rail

• The Revenue Protection Officers, Southeastern

Outstanding Personal Contribution (Management) 

• Mark Eastwood, Commercial Strategy Lead, Heathrow Express

• Suresh Gorasia, Senior Train Service Manager, MTR Elizabeth Line - Highly Commended

• Wayne Harris, Rail Enforcement Manager, Govia Thameslink Railway

• Joe Healy, Station Manager – Thameslink North, Govia Thameslink Railway

• Tina Kearns, Resourcing Manager, Network Rail

• Ross Liddell, Head of Operational Readiness, South Western Railway

• Ian Martin, Local Operations Manager Response for Sussex Route Outer, Network Rail

• Jack Roberts & Wayne Norbury, Project Managers – Infrastructure Maintenance Team, Network Rail - WINNER

• Martin Rodger, Lead Driver Team Manager Newcastle Depot, Northern

• Mark Sutton, Safeguarding Manager, Southeastern

• Andy Williamson, Deputy Station Manager Barrow in Furness, Northern

Outstanding Personal Contribution (Senior Management)

Tim Shoveller, CEO, Freightliner Group - WINNER