Shortlisted Entries for 2025
Andy Savage MBE, Chairman of Trustees is pleased to announce the short-listed entries for the National Railway Heritage Awards 2025, with Awards to be presented by the Minister for Rail, Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, at a ceremony in London in December.
There were nearly 60 entries received for the competition this year. Their strength shows how much success we have had in encouraging the conservation and re-use of our built railway heritage since we were founded 1979. In the year that we celebrate 200 years of the modern passenger railway, it is remarkable to note that the Awards have been part of that industry for 46 years, almost a quarter of the time.
Entries received are spread widely across the country, in Scotland, Wales and England. Entrants being a mixture of community groups, private individuals and companies, as well as public authorities, train and network operators. Each were judged for the competition on their merits for the 10 award categories with an additional Award to be presented for the best overall entry.
Shortlisted Entries for 2025 (in alphabetical order):
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Entry |
Entrant |
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Aberdeen Ferryhill: Railway offices restoration |
Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust |
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Awe Viaduct: Restoration |
Story Contracting and Network Rail |
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Battersea Park: Station canopy |
Benedict O’Looney Architects & Network Rail |
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Bishopstone: Art Deco ladies WC & lobby |
Friends of Bishopstone Station CIC |
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Blackheath: Station restoration |
Southeastern Trains and Network Rail |
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Bonnington: Overbridge DMB/5 restoration |
National Highways |
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Bootle: Station platform shelter |
Network Rail and Northern Rail |
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Burntisland: Viaduct restoration |
AmcoGiffen and Network Rail |
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Dalwhinnie: Station clock |
Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership |
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Ebberston: Station canopy & waiting area |
Carol and Mark Benson |
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Filey: Station trainshed roof repairs |
Colt Construction Ltd and Network Rail |
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Glenfinnan: Viaduct restoration |
AmcoGiffen & Network Rail |
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Gobowen: Station restoration |
Oswestry Station Building Trust |
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Haltwhistle: Station Water Tower |
Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership |
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Hopetown Darlington: Historic buildings |
Darlington Borough Council |
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Keighley: Station renovation |
Network Rail, AmcoGiffen and Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
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Keighley: Water Tank House |
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
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Knightsbridge: Station step free access |
Transport for London |
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Leeds: Wellington wagon lift hoist & museum |
MEPC Ltd |
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London Bridge: 4&5 Crucifix Lane |
The Arch Company |
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London Road Guilford: Toilet restoration |
South Western Railway |
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London Victoria: Line map restoration |
Benedict O’Looney Architects and Govia Thameslink Railway, |
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Manchester, Science & Industry Museum: New warehouse roof & gantry |
Science and Industry Museum |
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Monk Bridge Viaduct: Gardens at The Junction |
The Junction |
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Oswestry, Cambrian Station: External Restoration |
Shropshire Council |
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Pitlochry: Semaphore signal |
Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership |
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Ponts Mill: Viaduct restoration |
BAM Nuttall and Network Rail |
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Porthmadog: Boston Lodge Historic Buildings Restoration |
Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway |
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Richmond: Station canopy and booking hall restoration |
South Western Railway, Network Rail and London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames |
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Stoke-on-Trent: Glazed train shed screens |
Network Rail |
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Taunton: Centenary Lounge waiting room |
The Centenary Lounge |
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Whitley Bay: Station canopy refurbishment |
Nexus |