Southern success at the Rail Business Awards

Southern walked away with a major award at the prestigious Rail Business Awards, held in London on Thursday night (17 February). It won the Integrated Transport Excellence of the year award for the best contribution to improving integration between the railway network and other modes of transport.

Southern was also a finalist in nine other categories, with six of them receiving ‘Highly Commended’ awards.

Southern’s integrated transport policy not only focuses on improving a passenger’s journey once they’ve reached the ticket office, station or train, but goes way beyond that to enhance the whole end to end journey experience, making it easier than ever before to buy tickets, access our network and link with other modes of transport.

Southern’s Managing Director Chris Burchell said: “I’m delighted that the hard work our staff have invested in integrated transport solutions has been recognised in this way. We’re putting a lot of time, effort and money into making our network and train service more accessible and more integrated with other forms of transport than ever before.”

Southern’s nine other finalist entries were:

• Engineering Excellence – Class 377 Ice Mode (Highly Commended)
• Engineering Excellence – Class 377 Overhaul
• Rolling Stock Excellence – Priority Seat Card (Highly Commended)
• Safety and Security Excellence – Eyewitness reporting system (Highly Commended)
• Rail Professional Marketing Campaign – Loco Toledo (Highly Commended)
• Young Professional of the Year – David Walker, Head of Train Specification and Planning (Highly Commended)
• Station Excellence – The new Uckfield station (Highly Commended)
• Information Technology Excellence – Ticket on Departure machines
• Information Technology Excellence – Competency Management System

Mr Burchell added: “To be finalists in ten categories is a fantastic achievement but at the end of the day, it’s our passengers who benefit most from all the initiatives we have put in place.”