Brunel Award

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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.

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

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

Awards	Year	Place	Organiser	Occasion
1st	1985	Bristol	British Rail (BR)	150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway.
2nd	1987	Vienna	Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)	150 years of rail transport in Austria.
3rd	1989	Amsterdam	Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)	150 years of rail transport in the Netherlands.
4th	1992	Madrid	RENFE	50th anniversary of RENFE, opening of the LGV Madrid-Seville, Expo 92 and Summer Olympic Games, 1992.
5th	1994	Washington DC	FoRTE	Foundation for Railway and Transportation Excellence.
6th	1996	Copenhagen	Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
7th	1998	Madrid	RENFE	150 years of rail transport in Spain.
8th	2001	Paris	SNCF	Entry into service of the LGV Méditerranée.
9th	2005	Copenhagen	Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
10th	2008	Vienna	Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)
11th	2011	Washington DC	Center for Industrial Design in Transportation, Inc.
12th	2014	Amsterdam	Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), ProRail	125th anniversary of Amsterdam Central Station and 175 years of rail transport in the Netherlands.

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

• Category 1: rail stations
• Category 2: technical infrastructure
• Category 3: freight and railroad support buildings
• Category 4: industrial design, corporate branding, graphics, furnishing
• Category 5: rolling stock

• List of architecture prizes

• The Watford Group website, Brunel Awards page Archived 2020-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
• The ninth Brunel Awards (2005) on the website of the organiser, the DSB.
• The tenth Brunel Awards (2008) on the website of the organiser the ÖBB.