European Rail Congress Short List 2014

European Commuter Operator of the Year

1. Abellio Greater Anglia (UK) 2. - Britain's best rail franchise (UK) 3. LOROL (UK) 4. ÖBB-Holding AG - BratisLover (Austria, ) 5. Serco Docklands - Journey to 100 (UK)

European Cross-Border Operator of the Year

1. : Inspiring Real Connections (Belgium, France, UK) 2. LYRIA - Managing the growth (France, Switzerland) 3. ÖBB-Holding AG - BratisLover - Cross-border transport (Austria, Slovakia) 4. Thalys International (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands) 5. Veolia Verkehr GmbH - Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH - brand “MERIDIAN” (Germany)

European Freight Operator of the Year

1. FuoriMuro – Servizi Portuali e Ferroviari S.r.l. - Efficiency and sustainability: a new multi-customer,multi- product and multi-origin train (France, Italy) 2. GB Railfreight (UK) 3. GFR - Grup Feroviar Roman () 4. InRail S.p.A - Dynamism and flexibility in rail cargo transport (Austria, Italy, Slovenia)

European Inter-City Operator of the Year

1. CrossCountry (UK) 2. First TransPennine Express (FTPE) (UK) 3. Hamburg-Köln-Express (Germany) 4. ÖBB-Holding AG - BratisLover (Austria, Slovakia) 5. ScotRail (UK) 6. Serco Docklands – Journey to 100 (UK) 7. WESTbahn Management GmbH – WESTbahn & the Human Factor – A Success Story (Austria)

European Metro Operator of the Year

1. Metro de Madrid (Spain) 2. Serco Docklands - Journey to 100 (UK) 3. Transport for London - London Underground (UK)

European Regional Operator of the Year

1. Abellio Greater Anglia (UK) 2. Eesti Liinirongid (Estonia) 3. Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund - RegioTram proves itself to passengers in North Hesse -strong growth since 2007 (Germany) 4. (UK) 5. ScotRail (UK) 6. SNCF – Making Passenger Information a Priority (France)

European Rail Station of the Year: Small

1. c2c – Thorpe Bay Station (UK) 2. First TransPennine Express (FTPE) – Windermere (UK) 3. LOROL – Norwood Junction (UK) 4. Nordhessischer VerkehrsVerbund - A makeover for Melsungen railway station (Germany)

European Rail Station of the Year: Medium

1. Construcciones y Promociones Balzola, S.A - New Railway Station in Durango (Spain) 2. First TransPennine Express (FTPE) – (UK ) 3. COMSA EMTE - Necatibey Station - M2 and M3 Lines Ankara Metro Project (Spain, Turkey)

European Rail Station of the Year: Large

1. First TransPennine Express (FTPE) – (UK) 2. HS1 Ltd - St Pancras International (UK) 3. – Central Station (UK)

Best European Integration

1. Abellio Greater Anglia (UK) 2. Amadeus s.a.s. - Amadeus Rail Display (Benelux, France, Italy, Spain, UK) 3. Munich Transport Corporation (Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH MVG) - Multimodal mobility with MVG (Germany) 4. Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund and Fördergesellschaft mbH - A makeover for Melsungen railway station - Integrated urban and traffic planning places public transport at centre stage (Germany) 5. Nordhessischer VerkehrsVerbund and Fördergesellschaft mbH - RegioTram proves itself to passengers in North Hesse (Germany) 6. ScotRail – Golflink (UK) 7. First Great Western, Singapore Airlines and - Rail-Fly Partnership (UK)

Best Partnership of the Year

1. Allianz pro Schiene e.V. - Pro-Rail Alliance (German: Allianz pro Schiene) (Germany) 2. AMCO Rail - Holme Tunnel Reconstruction (UK) 3. First Great Western and Network Rail - Western Mainline Maidenhead to Ruscombe: Emergency Flooding Recovery Works (UK) 4. First TransPennine Express (FTPE) - Design, Build and Introduction of Class 350/4s between Manchester and (UK) 5. Network Rail - Programme - London Bridge Station (Phase 1) (UK) 6. Network Rail - Cable Theft Prevention 2014 (UK) 7. ÖBB-Holding AG - Rail Power Zero goes Freight (Austria) 8. Southern Railway with Network Rail & Gatwick Airport Ltd - Christmas Blockade (UK) 9. TGV Lyria and Eurostar - Teaming up to bring British customers to the Swiss alps (France, Switzerland)

Customer Service Excellence

1. Allianz pro Schiene e.V. - Competition: ‘Big-hearted rail employee’ (Germany) 2. - Special Events Management (UK) 3. Eurostar International Ltd - Customer Service Excellence at Eurostar (Belgium, France, Netherlands, UK) 4. First Great Western - Exceeding customer expectations (UK) 5. Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH - Hamburg-Köln-Express (Germany) 6. LOROL - Traincare Team (UK) 7. Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund - Money-back guarantee spawns greater customer satisfaction - the NW 5-minute guarantee (Germany) 8. SNCF - Accès Plus (France) 9. SNCF - TGV Services and Operational Centers (France) 10. WESTbahn Management GmbH. - WESTbahn & the Human Factor - A Success Story (Austria)

Engineering Excellence

1. BamFerrovialKier JV and Monitor Optics Systems – Use of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) Monitoring System for Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) Tunneling. Crossrail Tunnels Contract C300-410 and C435, London. (UK) 2. BamFerrovialKier JV , Anderson Acoustics and Accon UK . Groundborne Noise Monitoring. Crossrail Tunnels contracts C300-410 and C435, London (UK) 3. FCC Construction - Atocha Chamartin High Speed Railway (Spain) 4. FCC Construction - New Europe Bridge (, Romania, Spain) 5. Italferr S.p.A. - New high speed station of Bologna (Italy) 6. SNCF - Auxonne viaduct renewal (France) 7. Southeastern Railway - RS1 Project (UK) 8. Stadtwerke Bonn Dienstleistungs-GmbH - A come back for 40-year-old LRVs (Germany)

Excellence in Environmental Sustainability

1. BamFerrovialKier JV - Metal Detector in Muck Away Cross Conveyor Belt – Crossrail Tunnels Contract C410, London. (UK) 2. Holophane Europe Ltd - Bounds Green light maintenance depot (UK) 3. HS1 Limited - The High Speed Approach to Sustainable Environment Management (UK) 4. Hungarian State Railways Inc - Locomotive Modernisation Programme at the Children's Railway () 5. ÖBB-Holding AG - Rail power zero goes freight (Austria) 6. ScotRail - ScotRail’s Energy Reduction Strategy (UK) 7. Stadtwerke Bonn Dienstleistungs GmbH- A come back for 40-year-old LRVs (Germany) 8. Thalys International - Sustainable catering (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands) 9. Transport for London - London Underground - Green roofs on depots (UK) 10. Verband der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland (VDB) - ECO rail innovation (Germany)

Excellence in Safety and Security

1. Hanning & Kahl GmbH & Co. KG – GuideLight - The Intelligent Guiding System (Germany) 2. Network Rail - Cable Theft Prevention Strategy Team. The fight against metal thieves (UK) 3. Network Rail – WaveTrain® Systems AS (UK) 4. Northern Rail and British Transport Police – The Real Ale Trail (UK) 5. Northern Rail - Reduction in Staff Assaults (UK) 6. ÖBB-Holding AG – Brain Train, fairness on the train (Austria) 7. ProRail - ERTMS Level 3 Proof of Concept (Netherlands) 8. Serco Docklands – PSFG (UK) 9. Voith Turbo GmbH & Co.KG – Crashead Galea (Germany)

Excellence in Technology

1. Bombardier Transportation – AVENTRA (UK) 2. Bombardier Transportation - Active Radial Steering ARS (Switzerland) 3. DB Mobility Logistics AG – Touch & Travel (Germany) 4. ECR Retail Systems – RailPoS (UK) 5. Loccioni & RFI - Felix: the automatic inspection mobile robot of rail devices. (Italy) 6. Masabi - Ticket Machine in Your Pocket (UK) 7. Moxa Europe GmbHMOXA Inc. - Stockholm Metro Red Line (France, Sweden) 8. SNCF - Optimization of composite ladder-deck rail bridges (France) 9. Southeastern Railway and Perpetuum Ltd - Wheel axle monitoring system (UK)

Most Innovative Rail Project of the Year

1. Concrete Canvas Ltd. - Alcobendas Station Slope Protection (Spain, UK) 2. Elektriraudtee – Procurement of new national passenger train fleet (Estonia) 3. LYRIA – Valorizing the on-board customer experience bringing atmosphere and culture on board (France, Switzerland) 4. Network Rail – WaveTrain Systems AS (UK) 5. Reprocover – Turning thermosetting and fibre glass waste into valuable products for rail (Belgium) 6. SNCF – Optimization of composite ladder-deck rail bridges (France) 7. Stadtwerke Bonn Dienstleistungs-GmbH - A Come-Back for 40-year-old LRVs (Germany) 8. Netherlands Railways, ProRail, Edenspiekermann & STBY - Service Innovation for train travellers (Netherlands) 9. Story Contracting Ltd - Slab Track Renewal (UK) 10. Tfl/London Underground - Baker Street to Bond Street Tunnel Re-lining Project (UK) 11. TfL/London Underground - Victoria Station Upgrade (UK)

Excellence in Travel Information & Marketing

1. City Air Terminal BetriebsgmbH - 10th Anniversary of City Airport Train (Austria) 2. Northern Rail – Movember 2013 (UK) 3. ÖBB-Holding AG - BratisLover - Cross-border transport (Austria, Slovakia) 4. ÖBB-Holding AG – INFOStation (Austria) 5. ScotRail - UK rail’s biggest roll out of free wifi (UK) 6. SNCF - Making Passenger Information a Priority (France) 7. Netherlands Railways, ProRail, Edenspiekermann & STBY - Service Innovation for train travellers (Netherlands) 8. Southern Railway with Network Rail & Gatwick Airport Ltd- Christmas Blockade (UK)