RAIL Magazine's National Rail Awards 2012

[WCMLaddict]

"Railway's Oscars" have been given out yesterday. 22 judges have looked at the nominations and have chosen what is supposed to be the best in the industry.
Congratulations to winners

http://www.natrailawards.co.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=2012+Winners&pid=55

Small Station of the Year
Winner - Hatch End -London Overground Rail Operations (LOROL)
Highly Commended:
Barnstaple - First Great Western
Market Rasen - East Midlands Trains

Medium Station of the Year
Winner - Axminster - South West Trains
Highly Commended:
Barrow-in-Furness - First Transpennine Express
High Wycombe - Chiltern Railways

Judges' Special Award
Winner - St Pancras International - High Speed 1

Freight and Logistics Achievement of the Year
Winner - Intermodal - Direct Rail Services, Tesco & Stobart Rail
Highly Commended:
DB Schenker - Getting Freight onto High Speed 1
GB Railfreight - Total management of internal operations at SSI UK’s Teesside steelworks

Civil Engineering Achievement of the Year
Winner - Balfour Beatty Major Civil Engineering & Network Rail - Blackfriars Station & Bridge Redevelopment
Highly Commended:
BAM Nuttall - Brighton Goods Bridge No.6 Battersea

Judges' Special Award
Winner - Network Rail & Balfour Beatty -The Forth Bridge Restoration

Passenger Operator of the Year
Winner - Chiltern Railways
Highly Commended - Serco Docklands

Outstanding Personal Contribution (Workforce)
Winner - Siemens - Earl Messam (Fleet Performance Analyst)
Highly Commended - DB Schenker - Andrew Hogan (Groundstaff)

Outstanding Personal Contribution (Management)
Winner - Southeastern - Jon Guaschi (Project Manager - Resignaling)
Highly Commended:
Northern Rail - Glenn Fisher (Conductor Team Manager)
First Great Western - Matthew Lee (Train Service Delivery Manager)

Outstanding Personal Contribution (Senior Management)
Winner - GB Railfreight - John Smith

Environmental Excellence Award
Winner - Tube Lines - Tube Lines recycles 95% of waste
Highly Commended - First Great Western & First Hull Trains - Driver Advisory System

Innovation of the Year
Winner - Network Rail & Omnicom Engineering - Plain Line Pattern Recognition
Highly Commended - DB Regio Tyne & Wear - fASSI system

Safety Award
Winner - Network Rail, East Midlands Trains & First Capital Connect - East Midlands Route Joint Safety Improvement Plan
Highly Commended:
DB Schenker - Switch on to Safety
Geoffrey Osborne - Stop Think Cascade

Putting Passengers First
Winner - London Midland - Operation Synergy
Highly Commended:
Southeastern - Bridging the Gap
London Overground Rail Operations (LOROL) - Improving Customer Information During Disruption
Masabi, Atos & Chiltern Railways - Barcode Ticket Revolution

Project of the Year
Winner - Network Rail Infrastructure Projects - King’s Cross Station Redevelopment Programme
Highly Commended:
London Rail & London Underground - Victoria Line Upgrade
Network Rail - Thameslink Programme

Maintenance Team of the Year
Winner - Southern Railway - A Lean Keen Maintenance Team
Highly Commended - John Laing - John Laing Maintenance Team

Outstanding Teamwork Award
Winner - Southeastern and Network Rail - East Kent Re-signalling Project
Highly Commended:
Network Rail - Western Signalling Renewals Team
Southern Railway - Fleet Service Quality Engineers
First Great Western - Operations Apprenticeship Scheme

Judges' Special Award
Winners:
Bombardier Transportation, Tram Operations & London Tramlink - Project team keep Croydon trams running during the London riots
Northern Rail - Manchester stations team during Manchester riots

Suburban and Metro Award
Winner - London Overground Rail Operations (LOROL) & Transport for London
Highly Commended:
Merseyrail
London Underground - Bakerloo Line

Stephenson Award for Engineering Innovation
Joint Winners
Tube Lines - Electronic Programme Machine
Southern Railway - TRIME

 

[Cherry_Picker]

A good night for Chiltern it seems.

 

[bicbasher]

LOROL did well too.

 

[DavidBrown]

Here's a question - what defines a "small" station and a "medium" station - bear in mind that Barnstaple's passenger numbers were some 90,000 higher than Axminster's last year? Number of platforms? Connections to London? Number of services?

 

[trentside]

Just picking out one from my local area - Market Rasen was thoroughly deserving of its commendation for small station of the year. The improvements that have been made there in recent years are excellent for an unstaffed station, with artwork and attractive planters now adorning the platforms. A much improved place to start and finish a journey!

 

[Cherry_Picker]

Here's a question - what defines a "small" station and a "medium" station - bear in mind that Barnstaple's passenger numbers were some 90,000 higher than Axminster's last year? Number of platforms? Connections to London? Number of services?

I'd imagine it is to do with passenger numbers (including interchanges) because that is how stations are categorised by Network Rail too.
A difference of 90,000 a year is fairly trivial when you stop to consider that there are stations in the country who see those kinds of numbers almost every day.

 

[ushawk]

Really not surprised that Chiltern have won Operator of the Year - they are a very good TOC which i havent ever had a problem with. Staff are great, they are fairly reliable now and have done a great job with "Mainline" - thoroughly deserved.

 

[trainophile]

Glad Merseyrail got a Highly Commended. They get a lot of flak but I think they do a great job in often difficult situations. Their information and help during the Liverpool Central closure has been excellent.

 

[WCMLaddict]

Chiltern thoroughly deserved their award. Even more deserved are all personal contribution awards and the special award recognising staff's efforts during riots.