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Innovation Awards 08
Innovation Awards 08

The Railway Forum/ Modern Railways Innovation Awards having been established in 1998 are as popular as ever and provide an opportunity to showcase the new ideas that contribute to the rapid growth in today's railway industry.

The 2008 awards were held on the 1st July at the New Connaught Rooms, London. It was a highly entertaining and very enjoyable evening with awards being presented to the overall winners of each category, together with two highly commended awards for each category. A special award was presented to the Innovator of the Year - Rob Holden from London & Continental Railways Limited.

We would like to send our thanks to everybody that took part and we look forward to the 2009 awards!

The Awards were the first awards in the railway industry and are a core contribution that the Forum has been able to make to the new rail industry.

The awards are open to any company or organisation with rail businesses in the United Kingdom including operators, infrastructure owners, manufacturing industry and service providers in both the public and private sectors.

 

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2008 Innovation Award Winners

Engineering and / or Safety

Engineering and / or Safety

Sponsored by Bombardier

  • Winner: Rail Link Engineering, appointed by London & Continental Railways / Union Railways
  • Highly Commended: Tracksure Ltd
  • Highly Commended: Tube Lines
Environment

Environment

Sponsored by The Association of Train Operating Companies

  • Winner: The First TransPennine Express / Siemens Transportation System
  • Highly Commended: National Express East Anglia
  • Highly Commended: Chiltern Railways
 

Innovation Of The Year - The John Armitt Award for Innovation

  • Winner: Network Rail
  • Highly Commended: Balfour Beatty Rail Services
  • Highly Commended: Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd
Marketing and / or Customer Experience

Marketing and / or Customer Experience

Sponsored by Modern Railways

  • Winner: Eurostar
  • Highly Commended: National Express East Coast
  • Highly Commended: National Express East Anglia
Performance And Operations

Performance And Operations

Sponsored by Mace

  • Winner: ALSTOM Transport
  • Highly Commended: Eurostar
  • Highly Commended: Metronet Rail
Small Scale Project

Small Scale Project

Sponsored by Railway Industry Association

  • Winner: Kier Construction Ltd
  • Highly Commended: Docklands Light Railway
  • Highly Commended: London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL)
Teamwork And Cross Industry Partnership

Teamwork And Cross Industry Partnership

Sponsored by NedRailways

  • Winner: First TransPennine Express and Carlisle Cleaning and Support Services
  • Highly Commended: Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
  • Highly Commended: Eurostar