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RailUK awards 2008 - voting

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Thank you all for your nominations. I've received a record number this year which is great as it means everything is all more representative of what people have nominated.

The top three from each category have been used to go forward to the polls where the overall "winner" will be chosen.

The finalists for each category are:
  1. TOC of the year
    CrossCountry
    First Great Western
    Wrexham & Shropshire
  2. Railtour of the year
    Christmas Cracker (Spitfire)
    Deltic Retro Scot (Retro Railtours)
    Dorset Dumpling (Spitfire)
  3. Railway related site of the year
    National Express East Coast - http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.co.uk
    RailUK - http://www.railforums.co.uk/
    thejunction.org.uk - http://www.thejunction.org.uk/
  4. Gallery of the year
    EE Type 3 - http://daviddawson.fotopic.net/
    Gizmogle - http://www.gizmogle.co.uk/
    Thewanderer - http://thewanderersirishrailphotos.fotopic.net/
  5. Best railway debut of the year
    37109 (East Lancs Railway)
    Virgin Trains VHF timetable on West Coast Mainline
    Wrexham & Shropshire commencement of service
  6. Most disappointing event of the year
    End of Valentas on FGW/NXEC
    Fares Simplification
    Grand Central
  7. Most surprising working
    37s hauling a Grand Central HST
    47s running Grand Central shuttles
    Loco haulage for Hull Trains
  8. Best railway media (TV or Radio) piece
    Christian Wolmar on enthusiasts' behaviour
    Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails (BBC)
    Railway Walks (BBC)
  9. Best station
    Glasgow Central
    London St Pancras
    Manchester Piccadilly
  10. Railway event of the year
    Carnforth open day
    "Tornado" unveiling
    Tyseley (Birmingham) Depot open day
  11. Railway journalist of the year
    Christian Wolmar
    Pip Dunn
    Yorkie in 'Railtalk Magazine'
  12. Meet of the year
    Cycle along abandoned railway lines in the North East
    D306's London bash
    Gizmogle's birthday bash
  13. Thread of the year
    'EMT December 2008 timetable' - http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19703
    'Grand Central Discussion' - http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=15690
    'My sis is a stunnah!!' - http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=20245
To start voting simply click here and follow the links

Please don't post messages in the polls as they will not be approved!
 
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With regards to the final comment, well I posted on one of them to ask when the 37s dragged a GC HST, so I doubt I'll get an answer then!

A lot of things I voted for I had to choose the best sounding one from the name/content of the thread prior to the event or whatever as a lot of the stuff I didn't contribute to/read/listen/see/attend/whatever.

Lots of interesting options for the various categories though, so job done.

Can't believe I didn't think of the end of the Valentas on FGW/NXEC for most disappointing event of the year!:o
 
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I voted for them. Their performance is better than EMT, NXEC etc so Brandon, perhaps its time to not be stereotypical, maybe I should keep calling you veg ;)
 
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You might be interested to know I nominated your gallery, tis the only one I frequent at all often :D

On the other topic, I'll hand Brandon a serviette to complement the knife and fork. I haven't bothered to compare NXEC, EMT and FGW performance levels lately so I'll take Liam's word for it that FGW beat EMT and NXEC. I know FGW were ahead of the others recently-ish, much to the surprise of most people, back in September/October this year so maybe they've done even better lately.

Time people took off the rose-tinted spectacles up there in Derby...:p
 
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I would just like to note that I did not nominate my own gallery for gallery of the year!

So thanks for whoever did!
 
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I'd suggest he's travelled with them once. For 15 minutes. During major disruption as a result of suicide/terrorism/signal failure/major train failure/massive weather problems.

EDIT: And no problem Dave, thank you for a constantly nice variety of photos.
 
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Liam said:
I voted for them. Their performance is better than EMT, NXEC etc so Brandon, perhaps its time to not be stereotypical, maybe I should keep calling you veg ;)
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No, best performance is MidlandMainline.
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How often have you travelled with them, out of interest?
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Let me just re-phrase the question for you :razz:

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Do you ever want to travel with them, out of interest?
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Not on there Franchise!! :razz: :razz:
 
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Then you can not comment on FGW. Until you travel with FGW, with an open mind, then please discontinue slagging them off.
 
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I also nominated FGW for there turn around in performance this year and will also vote for them, the TOC in there that shocked me are Cross Country, they are awful.
 
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BJMorley said:
Julian, No.
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Why not? You completely dismissed FGW's MASSIVE performance improvement in the last 6 months or so, I'll completely dismiss any good EMT do. The fact, though, they've not continued MML's fantastic performance gives me good enough reason to diss EMT.
 
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Sorry, forgot to mention that the polls close on 1st January and the results will be available on that day!
 
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Why are any of those things disappointing? :? Trains are greener, fares are simpler and GC are improving drastically.

(And before Yorkie or someone comes along and says that fares are not simpler, passengers have been telling me how much they prefer it now they know when they can travel as the clue is in the name. It's only not simpler if you're booking long distance journeys and splitting tickets and stuff)
 
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Mintona said:
Passengers have been telling me how much they prefer it now they know when they can travel as the clue is in the name.
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Except you can't, on some journeys Off-peak tickets are valid all day, on one journey Anytime is restricted and on many more it's only possible to find out the restriction for each type of "flavour" of Off-peak ticket by using a Journey Planner, asking someone to look it up on an internal railway system (National Rail Enquiries, ticket office, etc.). Also, a Super Off-peak return from Birmingham to Marylebone is valid on the 12.55 tomorrow but a Super Off-peak return from Birmingham to Solihull travelling on the same train is not valid.

And that's before you even start to mention the effects on Railcard holders, some of whom have seen their fares shoot up!
 
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Hmm. Well around here, people know it is £6.40 to Manchester before 0900, and £4.80 after. Something like that anyway. And I have had numerous people telling me the new system is better than the old.

As I said, with longer more complicated journeys (a la your Solihull example) it is no simpler. But with the journeys the majority of passengers make, it is.
 
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