Keighley station was a double winner at the National Railway Heritage Awards 2025 following a £9.9m restoration.
The Minister for Rail, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, presented the National Railway Heritage Awards at a ceremony in London on Wednesday 3 December 2025.
The awards have been presented annually since 1979 to recognise high standards of restoration of railway buildings, structures and signalling installations.
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Network Rail’s £9.9 million upgrade to Keighley station was named the winner in the Urban Heritage category and the Greater Anglia Volunteers’ Award was made to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway for the work undertaken on the base of the water tank house at Keighley station.
The station upgrade included complete refurbishment of most of the station, renewal of timber in the ramps and roofs, structural strengthening work, and masonry and drainage repairs.
The judge’s report said: “Keighley is a credit to all concerned. As well as being a safer, more welcoming passenger environment for all railway users, the station is now a more fitting gateway to both the urban environment of Keighley and the more rural charms of the Worth Valley. I have had the pleasure of judging many large stations during my 30-plus years with the awards; Keighley stands very prominently among the best of these.”
The BAM Nuttall Partnership Award was made for the work undertaken in restoring the external fabric, including the roof, of the former Cambrian Railways headquarters at Oswestry that was entered by Shropshire Council.
Benedict O’Looney Architects and Govia Thameslink Railway received the Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award, recognising the best use of traditional craft skills in the restoration of a building or structure, for the restoration work undertaken on the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway tiled map panels at London Victoria.
Network Rail and AmcoGiffen’s work on the Glenfinnan Viaduct on the West Highland line in Scotland was awarded the Translink Structures Award for the best-restored structure.
The Transport for London Operational Enhancement Award went to Transport for London for the work completed on their station at Knightsbridge.
The Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award, for the best restored structure supported by funding from the Trust, went to South Western Railway, Network Rail and London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames for work on the façade and booking hall of the station at Richmond in south-west London.
MEPC Ltd received the Avanti West Coast Community Award, for the restoration of a railway building for community use, for the restoration of the wagon lift hoist at Wellington Place, Leeds, and the creation of a mini museum.
The NRHA Award for a restoration project on a closed line was made to National Highways for the work involved in the restoration of the skew road bridge at Bonnington in South Lanarkshire.
Carol and Mark Benson’s work to restore the station at Ebberston in North Yorkshire for residential use and holiday lets was awarded the Southeastern Commercial Restoration Award, for projects bringing into a new commercial use a railway building.
To mark Railway 200 this year, a Chairman’s Special award was made to Darlington Borough Council in recognition of work undertaken in bringing back into use the Hopetown carriage works and goods shed at North Road, Darlington.
The Network Rail Award for the best overall entry in this year’s competition went to Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway for the work undertaken on the Porthmadog Top Yard at Boston Lodge.
