Skip to content
Excellence Awards 2026 Logo
Sharon

Nominate our great people

Dear colleague,

Nominations are now open for this year’s Excellence Awards. Make this the year you take part and recognise the achievement of your colleagues or your team.

Do you know someone who works hard to welcome our customers, supports the communities we serve, leads people or projects brilliantly, or makes our service even safer? This is our chance to celebrate that achievement and pride at our Excellence Awards.

The awards are our way of saying thank you and showing how proud we are of the history makers who are at the centre of our railway.

The nomination period is now open; it’s your chance to Nominate the Great and help us celebrate!

We need information that tells us why the nomination stands out. Why are they special? What makes them different? How have their achievements improved customer service, the way we work with the communities we serve and safety? In short, why are you proud of them? How has their personal contribution made a difference to colleagues or customers?

We all know someone who is truly great – let’s give them the recognition they deserve.

Sharon Johnston
People and Transformation Director

Click here

for hints and tips
on writing a Great
nomination

Click here

to nominate a
colleague or a team

Click here

to find out what happens
when we receive your
nomination

The Excellence Awards

The Excellence Awards provide us with the ultimate means of recognising outstanding colleague achievement in the form of colleague led nominations for individuals and teams

Our Award Categories

Committed to our customers

Committed to
Our Customers

Dedicated to Safety

Dedicated to
Safety

Supportive of each other

Supportive of
Each Other

Accountable for performance

Accountable for
Performance

Setting the highest standards

Setting the
Highest Standards

EmbeddedImage

Great
Leadership

2025 HIGHLIGHTS

The 2025 Excellence Awards took place on September 2025 at the
Macdonald Botley in Southampton. Here are some highlights from the evening.

CLICK HERE

to see 2025 winners

ANY QUESTIONS?

We are sure that some questions will keep cropping up, and so we have endeavoured to put together some FAQs to answer these common questions.

We are only concentrating here on what we think the most frequent questions will be, so if you have a question that isn’t answered, don’t worry!

Contact

For further information 

Contact the team on recognition@swrailway.com

Designed by Red Rocket

Excellence Awards 2026 Logo