Organised by The Railway Forum
Sponsored by Modern Railways
Innovator of the Year
Sponsored by Atkins
Winner: Nick Healey — Tube Lines
Highly Commended: Steve Fountain — NRES, Andrew Bibby — Balfour Beatty
The Innovation Award for Achievement Through Teamwork
Winner: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport — Larkhall-Milngavie project
Highly Commended: GNER — Improving customer relations, London Underground — Jubilee Line seventh car
The Innovation Award for Sustainable Development
Sponsored by Bombardier
Winner: London Underground Ltd — Tunnel cooling at London Victoria station
Highly Commended: ATOC — Bio-diesel, Metronet — Ballast recycling
The Innovation Award for Engineering & Information Technology
Sponsored by the Railway Industry Association
Winner: Southern/HSBC — TAPAS (Train Automatic Performance Analysis System)
Highly Commended: Westinghouse — Fourth-generation interlocking, W.D. McCulloch — TRAC rail transposer
The Innovation Award for Marketing
Sponsored by Ian Allan Publishing Ltd
Winner: Network Rail — Level Crossing ‘Don't Run the Risk' campaign
Highly Commended: ‘one' Railway — Let's Go/East of England campaign
The Innovation Award for People Development
Winner: London Underground — Jubilee Line ‘Every second counts'
Highly Commended: Network Rail — Competence management, Eurostar — Re-introducing Eurostar
The Innovation Award for Safety
Winner: Southern — Panel & Operations Safety and Training (POST) safety in maintenance depots
Highly Commended: Rail Safety & Standards Board — 21st century lifestyle and self-management guidance, Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies — Track View installation at London Bridge
The Innovation Award for Small Scale Innovation
Winner: Tube Lines — Minimising track circuit failures by development of a hand-held unit
Highly Commended: Atkins Rail — Video survey manager, First Capital Connect — Service quality manager
The Innovation Award for Customer Service
Sponsored by ATOC
Winner: ‘one' Railway — ‘one' mainline catering service
Highly Commended: Tube Lines — Fast-track escalator refurbishment, Metronet — ‘PITSTOP' service delivery
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