Rail Business Awards 2010 Review Highly commended: Tube Lines, National Express East Anglia


ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE OF THE YEAR Presented by Ed Wells, head of assurance at Tube Lines


Finalists:


TfL London Rail for the East London Line extension, which opened ahead of schedule and was delivered on budget Southern Railway for the overhaul of 700 vehicles in-house, while fulfilling demands on fleet availability Northern Rail for being the only train operator in the UK to receive the Rail Industry Supplier Approval Certification, which it got for its C4 heavy engineering overhauls South West Trains for operating four out of the five most reliable train fleets in the country Serco TCS Rail for the development of an unattended pantograph system J Murphy & Sons for successfully completing Network Rail’s Coombe Road bridge replacement


Southern Railway, Network Rail and Bombardier for developing and implementing a traction system to counter the affect of snow and ice on the DC rail network Balfour Beatty Rail for the Farringdon to City Thameslink overhead line electrification extension Midland ACS for its sophisticated logic control system to control the loading and discharging of biomass Northern Rail for its Interactive Impact Reports, which give depot managers access to live data on the conditions on each of its trains


Winner: Serco TCS Rail


Highly commended: J Murphy & Sons, Southern Railway, Balfour Beatty Rail, Midland ACS, Northern Rail (supplier certification)


ATA RAIL BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE YEAR Presented by Gary Hewitt, managing director of ATA


Finalists: Colin S Walton, Bombardier Transportation’s chairman in the UK and Ireland, for outstanding leadership of the company’s UK and Irish operations Keith Ludeman, CEO of the Go-Ahead Group, for his role in growing the company’s


rail business, first as head of its rail division and now as group CEO Peter Maybury, CEO of Freightliner Group, for the signification contribution he has made to the freight industry Steve Scrimshaw, Siemens Mobility’s managing director of rolling stock, for his leadership in securing a contract to supply trains for Eurostar James Adeshiyan, a manager at FirstGroup, for helping to correct punctuality and reliability issues at First Hull Trains Dave Knowles, GB Railfreight’s head of production, for helping to increase the company’s hauled services by 33 per cent in 12 months


Winner: Steve Scrimshaw


Highly commended: Colin S Walton, Keith Ludeman, Peter Maybury n See pages 18-21 for Steve Scrimshaw interview


SSP TRAIN OPERATING COMPANY OF THE YEAR Presented by Tony Keating, CEO of SSP


Finalists: C2C for providing consistently high standards of service and continuous improvement in its operations Northern Rail for improving performance and securing investment to increase its fleet size, leading to a two-year franchise extension Translink for delivering consistently high- quality services for its customers Lorol for transforming London Overground into a modern, reliable metro-style railway Merseyrail for achieving impressive performance and NPS scores, plus passenger growth of nearly 10 per cent GB Railfreight for gaining a significant volume of new business


Winner: Northern Rail


Highly commended: Translink, Lorol, Merseyrail, GB Railfreight


INTERFLEET TECHNOLOGY RAIL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR The winner of this category is chosen from the winners of all the other categories. Presented by David Rollin, managing director of Interfleet Technology


Winner: National Rail Enquiries Rail Business of the Year Page seven Engineering Excellence


Environmental Innovation


Rail Business Manager of the Year


Train Operating Company of the Year


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