Someone who has shown true dedication or has remained calm and collected under incredible pressure or danger.

One of our previous winners of Rail Person of the year was Cheryle Cowell of Heathrow Express.

"After receiving 37 separate nominations, it is not difficult to see why this amazing person has won this award.

A colleague had to spend 4 months away from work to nurse her terminally ill mother. To ensure she was still paid during this time, she agreed to work the days she owed back. This meant that she would have to work all her days off and annual leave for the next 2 years!

Our winner decided that no colleague should have to work so many hours, especially after bereavement.  She rallied her colleagues together and got them to agree to work 1 extra day each. For no pay.

This meant she could give her colleague a Christmas to remember: a card telling her that the days she owed had been worked.

Our winner is not only as a great train driver, she is but as a great human being with a great heart! A true rail person."

Here's how you nominate:

To nominate some one you believe deserves to win this award, first write down in rough what you most admire about the person: cheerfulness, positive thinking, companionship, a person who stands by his/her mates, a person who never misses a day at work, a newcomer who goes out of his or her way to learn and absorb the art of working on the railway. This will help clarify in your own mind why you are going ahead with the nomination. 

Next, write down a specific incident which typifies the qualities you know this person has.

Maybe it was a charity event they helped organise, a late night emergency work session put in to help out a colleague. It could be an act of bravery, rescuing a passenger from an incident; or assisting a foreigner or child who had become lost. Put in the approximate date and location.

This can all be done on the nomination page. Please click Nominate Now above to access this.

Finally discuss all this with your manager or director. He or she will need to be happy that the nomination can go forward. If as a manager you are proposing a member of staff do, please, make sure they are fully aware of what you are up to and that he or she agrees to be nominated.

RailStaff will contact the person being nominated to check that they are happy to go into the final list being put forward to the judges.

At any stage of the process feel free to contact RailStaff. We can help with advice on how to draft a nomination.