2023 Shortlist
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 25th Rail Business Awards!
Congratulations to all our finalists!
A huge thank you to all those who have submitted entries this year and to our fantastic judging panel.
The winners will be revealed on Thursday 23rd February 2023 at London Hilton on Park Lane. Click here to book your tickets for the night.
The Rail Freight and Logistics Excellence Award, Richard Hope Award, Industry Leader winner along with the coveted Rail Business of the Year Award will be announced on the night.
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Asset Management & Maintenance Excellence
Coda Cloud - Digitalising remote maintenance and management of stations
Network Rail - Strategy Engineering & Asset Management System (StrEAMS)
Northern Trains - Newton Heath Traincare Depot
One Big Circle and Network Rail - Salisbury Low Adhesion Monitoring Project - Network Rail, SWR and Supply Chain Collaboration
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Customer Service Excellence
East Midlands Railway - EMR Connect: a new service which puts customers first
MTR Elizabeth Line - Customer Experience Business Plan
Northern Trains - Accessible Travel Simulation
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Diversity & Inclusion in Rail
Northern Trains - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy
South Western Railway - SWR Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
Southeastern - Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce
TransPennine Express - An inclusive employer
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Education & Training Excellence
Big Button and RSSB - RED 59 Trespass
Network Rail (Southern Region) - Leadership Development Programme
Northern Trains - Virtual Reality Driver Training
Northern Trains - Northern's Apprenticeship Scheme
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Infrastructure Project and Station Excellence
Arriva Rail London - Hackney Central Second Entrance
MTR Elizabeth Line - Surface station improvements programme
Network Rail - Waterloo W16 Signal Enhancement
West Midlands Rail Executive and Transport for West Midlands - Perry Barr railway station and bus interchange
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Innovation of the Year
Dura Composites - Patented closed cell composite dagger boards
Network Rail, Angel Trains, Transmission Dynamics, DB ESG and One Big Circle - Revolutionising overhead line condition monitoring
Northern Trains - Water Trak
One Big Circle and Network Rail - Salisbury Low Adhesion Monitoring Project - Network Rail, SWR and Supply Chain Collaboration
SRC Infrastructure - Cooling the London Underground
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Marketing & Communications Excellence
East Midlands Railway - The Making of Miles
Eversholt Rail Ltd and Transport Design International - Revolution Very Light Rail
Great Western Railway - A blockbuster campaign that's supercharged leisure rail recovery
Northern - Go Do Your Thing - new brand platform
West Midlands Trains - Ready When You’re Ready
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Rail Team of the Year
Balfour Beatty Rail - Rail Plant, Track Geometry Services
MTR Elizabeth Line - Train Service Delivery Team
Translink NI Railways - Intermediate carriages project team
Northern Trains - Neville Hill traincare transition team
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Safety & Security Excellence
Keolis Amey Docklands - Next Platform - changing our safety approach
Network Rail - Planning4Delivery
Network Rail, Porterbrook, Machines with Vision, One Big Circle, DG8 Design and Engineering - Switches & Crossings monitoring service
One Big Circle - Salisbury Low Adhesion Monitoring Project
Tended, Life-saving geofencing technology
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Supplier & Contractor Excellence
Civil Water Management - TDS400 Transport Drainage System
Mavin Powercube - TIES Living Lab - TfL Containerised Signal Equipment Room
Xrail Group - Growing UK expertise in an international market
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Sustainability & Environmental Excellence
Network Rail and NatureSpace - Organisational Licence for Great Crested Newts
Network Rail - Lineside 2035, towards a National Nature Network
Q Sustain with Network Rail and Designplan - Platform LED retrofit Lighting Scheme
VolkerRail Story Joint Venture - Hope Valley Railway Upgrade
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Train Operator of the Year
Greater Anglia
Keolis Amey Docklands
MTR Elizabeth Line
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Wellbeing in Rail
Southeastern Railway - health and wellbeing initiatives
Rail Wellbeing Live - cross-industry event
South Western Railway - building a supportive and inclusive workplace
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Young Professional