HRH The Duke of Gloucester presented the 2022 National Railway Heritage Awards at a ceremony on Tuesday 6 December 2022.
The Guest of Honour at the 2022 National Railway Heritage Awards held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on Tuesday 6 December 2022 was HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO.
The BAM Nuttall Partnership Award was made for the restoration work undertaken at Sleaford station by the Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership.
The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award, recognising the best use of traditional craft skills in the restoration of a building or structure, was made to Network Rail for the impressive work undertaken involved in the roof renovation at Stirling station.
The Urban Heritage Award, sponsored by the Arch Company, was made to Scotrail for work completed on the north corner building at Aberdeen station.
This year’s Translink Structures Award for the best-restored structure, such as a viaduct or tunnel, was made to Greenways and Cycleroutes Ltd for the conversion of the disused railway tunnel at Tidenham, near Chepstow, as part of Wye Valley Greenway walking and cycle route.
The London Underground Operational Enhancement Award went to Transport for London for the sympathetic way in which step-free access was introduced to Sudbury Hill station.
The Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award for the best restored structure supported by funding from the Trust was won by Oxford Preservation Trust for the restoration of the Robert Stephenson-designed Rewley Road swing bridge in Oxford.
Such was the quality of entries with a major contribution from volunteers that it was decided to make two awards in the Hendy & Pendle Trust Volunteers Award. These were made to the Talyllyn Railway Company for the recreation of the 1865 locomotive watering point at Tŷ Dŵr and to the Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Ltd for the reconstruction of the former Waterhouses station signal box on the Amerton Railway at Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire.
The Network Rail Community Award, for the restoration of a railway building for community use, was made to Scottish Canals for the restoration of the Bowline viaduct on the approach to Bowling Harbour near Glasgow.
The National Highways Award for a restoration project on a closed line, which highlights the bringing back into sustainable use a building or structure no longer owned by the railway industry, and which was a new award for 2022, was made to Richard Brown for the restoration of the station at Wolferton, which was used historically be members of the Royal Family heading to or from the Sandringham estate.
The SouthEastern Commercial Restoration Award, for projects bringing a railway building into a new commercial use, was made to Station South Community Interest Company for the restoration of the ex-Great Central station at Levenshulme South, near Manchester.
There were two Chairman’s Special Awards. The first of these was made to Railways Paths Ltd for the work undertaken to ensure the survival and reuse of the superb Bennerley Viaduct between Derby and Nottingham. The second was to Network Rail on behalf of Scotland’s Railway for the transformation wrought at Glasgow Queen Street station.
The Greater Anglia Award for the best overall entry in this year’s competition went to Network Rail for the careful restoration and modification of the platform canopies at Kettering station to ensure their safe integration following the introduction of 25Kv electrification through the station.