Winners at the Railway Innovation Awards 2022 will be announced on 1 July at a ceremony in London, as the shortlist for the awards is announced.
Organised by Modern Railways in partnership with the Railway Industry Association and sponsored by Porterbrook, the awards are the longest standing awards event in the railway industry. Prizes will be awarded in eight categories recognising the companies and teams developing new products and ideas and delivering projects for the benefit of the railway. Those companies on the shortlist who are not awarded the top prize will receive ‘Highly Commended’ certificates in recognition of their efforts.
The Railway Innovation Awards will be held on 1 July at the Hilton Canary Wharf in London. The keynote speaker will be HS2 Ltd CEO Mark Thurston. To book a table or delegate place contact Chris Shilling on chris@shillingmedia.co.uk or 07736 635916.
The shortlist for this year’s awards is set out below, listed by category.
Cross Industry Partnership
Hearing enhance audio relay – GoMedia
PANDAS-V(R) – Transmission Dynamics
West Midlands Rail Programme
Engineering and Safety
Composite pantograph horns – Network Rail
High precision geofencing wearables – Tended and Unipart Rail
TPWS-Continued Supervision – Thales
Environment and Sustainability
East West Rail environmental mitigation – EWR Alliance (including Atkins' use of Great Crested Newt Detection Dogs)
Green Trains @COP26 – Network Rail, Porterbrook and Vivarail
HybridFLEX – Chiltern Railways and Porterbrook
Revolution Very Light Rail – Eversholt Rail/TDI
Operations and Performance
Performance Improvement Management System – Network Rail
Rail adhesion solutions – Northern Trains
Understanding and preventing freight derailments – RSSB
Passenger Experience
Highland Explorer – ScotRail
Journey Central – Whoosh and Grand Central
Waymap – Arriva Rail London/Waymap
People, Skills and Diversity
Different makes a difference – Atkins
Rail Wellbeing Live – Network Rail
Station information – British Sign Language – LB Foster
Small Scale Project
Crown Point bogie drop – Mechan
Decarbonisation and Electrification of Freight Terminals – Furrer+Frey
Rail Demand Information System – RASIC
Major Project
Bletchley flyover – EWR Alliance
Dartmoor line – Network Rail/GWR
Launch of new open access service – Lumo
Midland main line electrification – SPL Powerlines