Full 2023 results

2023 Event gallery 

The full list of Railway Challenge 2023 competition category winners are listed as follows in addition to the scoreboard and final positions:

Overall result including track and non-track challenges

• Grand Champion: Poznań University of Technology
• Runner-up: University of Derby & Alstom
• Third place: FH Aachen & Reuschling

Track-based challenge results

• Auto-Stop: University of Derby & Alstom
• Ride Comfort: University of Derby & Alstom
• Energy Storage: University of Derby & Alstom
• Traction: University of Derby & Alstom
• Noise: FH Aachen & Reuschling
• Reliability: Network Rail, Poznań University of Technology, University of Derby & Alstom (joint winners)
• Maintainability: FH Aachen & Reuschling
• Refuelling: Poznań University of Technology

Non-track challenge results

• Business Case: FH Aachen & Reuschling
• Technical Poster: University of Sheffield
• Innovation: University of Sheffield, Transport for London, FH Aachen & Reuschling (joint winners)
• Design: Transport for London

Scoreboard and final positions

Full 2022 results

Full 2021 results

Full 2020 results

• Design: University of Huddersfield
• Innovation: University of Huddersfield
• Business Proposition: Joint winners - Poznań University of Technology and Network Rail
• Technical Poster Award: University of Huddersfield.

Full 2019 results

• Grand Champion: FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
• Runner up: Transport for London
• Third place: Ricardo Rail

Track-based challenges

• Auto stop: FH Aachen University of Applied Science
• Energy Storage Challenge:  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
• Maintainability Challenge: Bombardier / University of Derby 
• Traction Challenge: Ricardo Rail
• Reliability Challenge: University of Sheffield and Bombardier / University of Derby
• Ride Comfort Challenge:  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
• Noise Challenge: Bombardier / University of Derby.

Presentation challenges

• Innovation Challenge: University of Warwick
• Business Case Challenge: Transport for London
• Design Challenge: Transport for London and SNC-Lavalin
• Poster Challenge: SNC-Lavalin

• Poster popular vote: SNC-Lavalin 

• Special award for ingenuity and elegance in mechanical design: PUTrain University of Poznan

Congratulations to Railway Challenge 2018 winners - Ricardo Rail!

“This year’s Railway Challenge was the toughest competition yet. For Ricardo to win in the first year it has competed is an outstanding achievement. Good team work and project management, with sound system engineering and testing delivered impressive and reliable performance,” Bill Reeve, Head Judge and Director of Rail at Transport Scotland.

Also to runners up SNC-Lavalin Rail and Transit!

And to 3rd place - University of Birmingham!

2017 Teams and results

1. SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit (1,087 points)
2. University of Birmingham and AEGIS Engineering Systems (1,045)
3. University of Huddersfield (893 points)
4. University of Sheffield (823 points)
5. Transport for London (820 points)
6. University of Southampton and Siemens Mobility (587 points)
7. University of Warwick (562 points)
8. Alstom UK & Ireland (267 points)
9. FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences (244 points)
10. Bombardier Transportation and University of Derby (189 points)
11. Brunel University (19 points).

2016 Teams and results

1. SNC-Lavalin (1,291 points)
2. TfL (789 points)
3. University of Southampton (680 points)
4. Bombardier & University of Derby (606 points)
5. University of Huddersfield (283 points)
6. WMG, University of Warwick (256 points)
7. University of Sheffield‎ (221 points)
8. University of Birmingham (‎107 points).