2024 Award Ceremony held in London

2024 Award Ceremony held in London

Ptolemy Dean OBE presented the 2024 National Railway Heritage Awards at a ceremony on Wednesday 4 December 2024. The Guest of Honour at the 2024 National Railway Heritage Awards held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on Wednesday 4 December 2024 was Ptolemy Dean...
Leamington Spa

Leamington Spa

Friday 25 October 2024 saw representatives of the National Railway Heritage Awards and the Friends of the station gather in the recently-restored refreshment rooms on Platform Two, where the plaque awarded to the Centenary Lounge Ltd for the work completed was...
Plaque at Findlater’s Corner officially unveiled

Plaque at Findlater’s Corner officially unveiled

At the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards, announced in December 2023, the restoration of Findlater’s Corner at London Bridge station was awarded the Southeastern Commercial Restoration Award and, on Wednesday 16 October 2024, the plaque was officially unveiled on...
Wet weather doesn’t dampen enthusiasm at Herefordshire unveiling

Wet weather doesn’t dampen enthusiasm at Herefordshire unveiling

A torrential downpour – which fortunately did not start properly until after the ceremony and photography – failed to cause too much disruption at Rowden Mill on Monday 2 September when the plaque awarded to the station’s owners at the 2023 National Railway Heritage...
Success in restoring Cornish turntable celebrated

Success in restoring Cornish turntable celebrated

On a warm afternoon, the NRHA 2023 Partnership Award sponsored by BAM Nuttall was unveiled at the former depot site at St Blazey (Par) Cornwall on Friday 30 August.The NRHA attendees were Andy Savage MBE, Gavin Johns (Chairman of Adjudicators and Trustee), Malcolm...
Superb Restoration at Folkestone Harbour celebrated

Superb Restoration at Folkestone Harbour celebrated

Each year at the National Railway Heritage Awards there is probably one project that stands out from the rest in terms of its scale and ambition. The 2023 competition was no exception and the competition’s adjudicators had no doubt that the massive scheme to restore...