Brunel Awards

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Brunel Awards
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Award plaque at Malmö Central Station
Awarded forSome of the best projects in railway architecture, graphics, industrial design and art, technical infrastructure and environmental integration, and rolling stock, as well as examples of overall design quality across the world's railways.
Presented byThe Watford Group
First award1985
Website Brunel Awards
SBB-CFF-FFS class Re 460 locomotive: Brunel Award in 1992. Re460 103-5.jpg
SBB-CFF-FFS class Re 460 locomotive: Brunel Award in 1992.

The Brunel Awards are given to railway companies, to encourage outstanding visual design in railway architecture, graphics, industrial design and art, technical infrastructure and environmental integration, and rolling stock. The name is assigned to them in honour of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of the Great Western Railway, and designer of the giant ship SS Great Eastern.

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History

The Brunel Awards were first awarded in 1985, during the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. [1]

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom presented the inaugural awards, at a ceremony in Bristol, England. [1]

AwardsYearPlaceOrganiserOccasion
1st 1985 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bristol British Rail (BR)150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway.
2nd 1987 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)150 years of rail transport in Austria.
3rd 1989 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)150 years of rail transport in the Netherlands.
4th 1992 Flag of Spain.svg Madrid RENFE 50th anniversary of RENFE, opening of the LGV Madrid-Seville, Expo 92 and Summer Olympic Games, 1992.
5th 1994 Flag of the United States.svg Washington DC FoRTEFoundation for Railway and Transportation Excellence.
6th 1996 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
7th 1998 Flag of Spain.svg Madrid RENFE 150 years of rail transport in Spain.
8th 2001 Flag of France.svg Paris SNCF Entry into service of the LGV Méditerranée.
9th 2005 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
10th 2008 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)
11th 2011 Flag of the United States.svg Washington DC Center for Industrial Design in Transportation, Inc.
12th 2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), ProRail 125th anniversary of Amsterdam Central Station and 175 years of rail transport in the Netherlands.
13th [2] 2025 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Network Rail, International Union of Railways (UIC)Railway 200: 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and modern railways.
Source: [1]

Categories

Beginning with the 2011 awards ceremony, there have been five categories of award; the third category is new.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brunel Award History". The Watford Group. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Brunel Awards 2025: Celebrating Global Excellence in Railway Design" (Press release). International Union of Railways. 26 September 2025.
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