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The Railway Forum/Modern Railways Railway Industry Innovation Awards

Previous Winners

Welcome to the website for the Railway Industry Innovation Awards 2008. Here you will find key competition information including key dates, rules and guidance on how to make a successful entry. We hope all of you who visit this site will be encouraged to enter the competition.

Who can enter?

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.

Entering the competition

To download an Entry Form click here.

Categories

  • Engineering and/or Safety
  • Environment
  • Innovator of the Year
  • Marketing and/or Customer Experience
  • Performance and Operations
  • Small Scale Innovation
  • Teamwork and Cross Industry Partnership

The winners and highly commended entries for 2007 are shown below.


Achievement Through Teamwork

Overall Winner

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Larkhall - Milngavie Project

Highly Commended

GNER

Improving Customer Relations

London Underground

Jubilee Line 7th Car


Innovation in Customer Service Award
(Sponsored by the Association of Train Operating companies)

Overall Winner

One Railway

One Mainline Catering Service

Highly Commended

Tube Lines

Fast-Track Escalator Refurbishment

Metronet

'PITSTOP' Service Delivery


The Innovation Award for Engineering and Information Technology
(Sponsored by the Railway Industry Association)

Overall Winner

Southern/HSBC

TAPAS (Train Operating Performance Analysis System)

Highly Commended

GNER

4th Generation Inter-Locking

WD McCulloch

TRAC Rail Transposer


The Innovation Award for Marketing
(Sponsored by Ian Allan)

Overall Winner

Network Rail

Level Crossing “Don’t Run the Risk”

Highly Commended

One Railway

Let’s Go/ East of England Campaign


The Innovation Award for People Development

Overall Winner

London Underground Jubilee Line

Every Second Counts

Highly Commended

Network Rail

Competence Management

Eurostar

Re-introducing Eurostar


The Innovation Award for Safety

Overall Winner

Southern

Panel & Operations Safety and Training Safety in Maintenance Depots (POST)

Highly Commended

Rail Safety and Standards Board

21st Century Lifestyle and Self Management Guidance

Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies Ltd/ Network Rail

Track View Installation at London Bridge


The Innovation Award for Small Scale Innovation

Overall Winner

Tube Lines

Minimising Track Circuit Failures by development of a Hand Held Unit.

Highly Commended

Atkins

Video Survey Manager

First Capital Connect

Service Quality Manager


The Innovation Award for Sustainable Development
(Sponsored by Bombardier)

Overall Winner

London Underground Ltd

Tunnel Cooling at London Victoria Station

Highly Commended

ATOC

Bio-Diesel

Metronet

Ballast Recycling


The Innovation Award for Innovator of the Year
(Sponsored by Atkins)

Overall Winner

Nick Healey

Tube Lines

Highly Commended

Steve Fountain

NRES

Andrew Bibby

Balfour Beatty