Railway Heritage Awd

Since 1979 the NRHA has given awards to recognise the restoration and re-use of all railway built heritage in the British Isles.

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

The fantastic @TalyllynRailway celebrates 75 years in preservation this month! In 2022, railway and dedicated volunteers received the @NRHAwd Hendy and Pendle Trust Volunteers' Award for the reconstruction of the original locomotive watering point at Tŷ Dŵr @LordPeterHendy

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

And a 1959 sketch by Peter Jarvis of Taliesin (Mk 2, aka Livingston Thompson) at Tan y Bwlch in 1959. At that point the railway was still running with all its own, pre-1900, rolling stock

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

NRHA judging visits are underway across the UK! Entrants are visited by two separate judges, who submit reports to a shortlisting panel held in September. Thank you to everyone submitting a project and good luck! Pictured is @LandmarkTrust Station Agent's House, a winner in '24

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On Wednesday May 13th Andy Savage, @Taliesin2000 Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust, and Duncan Borrowman, Chairman of @ShropCouncil, unveiled the @NRHAwd @bamukandireland Partnership Award plaque for the magnificent restoration of Oswestry Station, now the home of @CambrianChr

[Robert Humm & Co @RHummBooks]

The state of that lovely building! But here it is, just 2½ years later, looking magnificent. (29/10/23)

[RailwayHeritageTrust @RailwayHeritage]

Our friends at @OxfordPresTrust are organising a drop-in event & guided walks on Wed 20 May to celebrate the 175th anniversary of one of Oxford's most remarkable pieces of Victorian engineering which we are proud to have supported in its restoration over a number of years.

[RailwayHeritageTrust @RailwayHeritage]

Designed by celebrated engineer Robert Stephenson, and brought into use in 1851, the Rewley Road Swing Bridge is thought to be the earliest surviving moving-element railway bridge in the world. Do visit if you've never been, it's a remarkable structure.

[RailwayHeritageTrust @RailwayHeritage]

Beautiful morning on @WensleydaleRail enjoying the Yorkshire Dales scenery and some of the projects we have supported over the years. Hares, rabbits and partridge in the fields, the woods carpeted by wild garlic. In the distance the sound of a Crompton approaching Leeming Bar.

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

A special celebration today in Porthmadog as representatives from @RailwayHeritage and @NRHAwd presented the @networkrail @NetworkRailWAL award plaque to @festrail & @WelshHighRly team for the transformational work restoring Top Yard at Boston Lodge Works https://t.co/3NqMAzHjEo

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

A final reminder that entries to this year's National Railway Heritage Awards close this Thursday 30th April. From viaducts to signals and stations, any asset on an existing or former UK & ROI railway qualifies for entry. See https://t.co/mmT4rmdN5e for full details. Good luck!

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

A reminder that submissions to this year's NRHAs must be received by Thursday April 30th! The scheme recognizes excellence in the conservation of railway heritage in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland. See https://t.co/3NqMAzHjEo for full details

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

We are arranging to unveil the award plaque on site on May 2nd.

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

Concluding our review of winning schemes from 2025, the @networkrail @NetworkRailWAL Award was given to @festrail for the transformational work at Top Yard, Boston Lodge Works, Porthmadog. Entries to this year's awards are now open and close April 30th! https://t.co/mmT4rmdffG

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

Concluding our review of winning schemes from 2025, the @networkrail @NetworkRailWAL Award was given to @festrail for the transformational work at Top Yard, Boston Lodge Works, Porthmadog. Entries to this year's awards are now open and close April 30th! https://t.co/mmT4rmdffG

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

Concluding our review of winning schemes from 2025, the @networkrail @NetworkRailWAL Award was given to @festrail for the transformational work at Top Yard, Boston Lodge Works, Porthmadog. Entries to this year's awards are now open and close April 30th! https://t.co/mmT4rmdffG

[RailwayHeritageTrust @RailwayHeritage]

Always a pleasure to visit Edge Hill cutting with @LMRailway @lpoolcouncil and @networkrail to discuss de-vegetation - I learn something new every time, and notice something different - today it was a date carving from 1846. A very special & surprisingly tranquil place.

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

Reviewing last year's winners, the award for the best restoration of a structure on a closed line was @NationalHways for the exemplary repair of the Bonnington bridge, Lanarkshire, restoring cast iron parapets, arches, and stone abutments. Entries to the 2026 NRHAs now open!

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

This week, representatives of the @RailwayHeritage Trust and @NRHAwd presented Carol and Mark Benson @theoldstationuk with the @Se_Railway Commercial Restoration Award for their wonderful restoration of the glass canopy at Ebberston Station, North Yorks https://t.co/mmT4rmdN5e

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

Profiling NRHA 2025 winners, MEPC Limited (Wellington Place) won the @AvantiWestCoast Community Award for the restoration of the former wagon hoist at Leeds Wellington as a mini museum. Entries to this year's NRHAs are now open! See https://t.co/3NqMAzHRtW for details.

[Railway Heritage Awd @NRHAwd]

Profiling recent NRHA winners, the winner of the @greateranglia Volunteers Award 2025 was the @WorthValley for the conversion of the water tower at Keighley Station. An award to celebrate railway volunteers everywhere! Entries for the NRHAs 2026 now open https://t.co/mmT4rmdffG

[Simon G Gyde @NomisG3]

@Taliesin2000 @NRHAwd @Taliesin2000 I’m assured by NR that an entry for the 2026 competition is being drafted and will be submitted!