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 |
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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
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Larkhall - Milngavie Project
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| Highly Commended |
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GNER
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Improving Customer Relations
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London Underground
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Jubilee Line 7th Car
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Innovation in Customer Service Award
(Sponsored by the Association of Train Operating companies)
| Overall Winner |
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One Railway
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One Mainline Catering Service
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| Highly Commended |
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Tube Lines
|
Fast-Track Escalator Refurbishment
|
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Metronet
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'PITSTOP' Service Delivery
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The Innovation Award for Engineering and Information Technology
(Sponsored by the Railway Industry Association)
| Overall Winner |
|
Southern/HSBC
|
TAPAS (Train Operating Performance Analysis System)
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| Highly Commended |
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GNER
|
4th Generation Inter-Locking
|
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WD McCulloch
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TRAC Rail Transposer
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The Innovation Award for Marketing
(Sponsored by Ian Allan)
| Overall Winner |
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Network Rail
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Level Crossing “Don’t Run the Risk”
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| Highly Commended |
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One Railway
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Let’s Go/ East of England Campaign
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The Innovation Award for People Development
| Overall Winner |
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London Underground Jubilee Line
|
Every Second Counts
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| Highly Commended |
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Network Rail
|
Competence Management
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Eurostar
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Re-introducing Eurostar
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The Innovation Award for Safety
| Overall Winner |
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Southern
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Panel & Operations Safety and Training Safety in Maintenance Depots (POST)
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| Highly Commended |
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Rail Safety and Standards Board
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21st Century Lifestyle and Self Management Guidance
|
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Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies Ltd/ Network Rail
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Track View Installation at London Bridge
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The Innovation Award for Small Scale Innovation
| Overall Winner |
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Tube Lines
|
Minimising Track Circuit Failures by development of a Hand Held Unit.
|
| Highly Commended |
|
Atkins
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Video Survey Manager
|
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First Capital Connect
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Service Quality Manager
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The Innovation Award for Sustainable Development
(Sponsored by Bombardier)
| Overall Winner |
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London Underground Ltd
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Tunnel Cooling at London Victoria Station
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| Highly Commended |
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ATOC
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Bio-Diesel
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Metronet
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Ballast Recycling
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The Innovation Award for Innovator of the Year
(Sponsored by Atkins)
| Overall Winner |
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Nick Healey
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Tube Lines
|
| Highly Commended |
|
Steve Fountain
|
NRES
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Andrew Bibby
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Balfour Beatty
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