Previous Award Winners
Biennial Railway Project Award
- 2000 Jolimont Rationalisation Project, VIC
- 2004 Mining Area C to Yandi Mine Railroad for BHP Billiton, WA
- 2006 PTA Train Control System, WA
- 2008 Middlesborough Road Separation, VIC
- 2010 Kiwi Rail Arahura Road/Rail Bridge, NZ
- 2012 Kiwi Rail, North South Junction Project, NZ
- 2014 Glenfield Junction Alliance, Glenfield Junction Project, NSW
- 2016 Roy Hill Rail Project, WA & KiwiRail Auckland Electrification Project, NZ
- 2018 KiwiRail Kaikōura Recovery Project, NZ
- 2020 Level Crossing Removal Project Caulfield to Dandenong Alliance (CTDA), VIC
- Replaced by Infrastructure Project Excellence Award starting in 2023
ARI Infrastructure Project Excellence Award (sponsored by RTSA starting in 2023)
- 2022 Parramatta Connect
- 2023 Preston Level Removal Crossing Project, North Western Program Alliance
- 2024 To be awarded at ARI Awards in Sept. 2024
Distinguished Rail Career Award (formerly the Individual Award until 2023)
- 1999 Ross Hunter
- 2000 Dr. Stephen Marich
- 2002 David O’Grady
- 2003 John Hoare
- 2004 Peter Mutton
- 2005 Vince Graham
- 2006 David Ferris
- 2007 Peter Martinovich
- 2008 Dr. Martin Murray
- 2009 Graham Tew
- 2010 Vince O’Rourke OM
- 2011 David Marchant AM
- 2012 John Hearsch
- 2013 Dr. Francis Small
- 2014 Ravi Ravitharan
- 2015 Prof. Buddhima Indraratna
- 2016 Max Michell
- 2018 Colin Butcher
- 2020 John Furness
- 2023 Andrew Matthews
- 2002 Ian Nibloe (deceased)
- 2002 John Adams
- 2002 Les McNaughton
- 2006 Ian MacFarlane (deceased)
- 2008 Philip Laird
- 2010 Chris Venn-Brown
- 2010 George Erdos
- 2010 John Watsford
- 2011 Ravi Ravirathan
- 2014 Robert Schweiger
- 2016 John Dring (deceased)
- 2017 John Scott
- 2018 John Goodall
- 2018 William Laidlaw
- 2021 Martin Baggott
- 2023 Simon Wood
- 2013 Dr. Iman Salehi
- 2014 Dr. Sagheer Abbas Ranjha
- 2015 Dr. Hossein Askarinejad
- 2016 Dr. Jerome Pun
- 2017 Dr. Qing Wu
- 2018 Dr. Wahid Ferdous
- 2019 Dr. Quan Lai
- 2020 Dr. Shah Sanjar Nafis Ahmad
- 2021 Dr. Yong Pang
- 2022 Dr. Sundar Shrestha
- 2023 Dr. Piyush Punetha
- 2024 Dr. Panahsadat Fasihi
- 2014 Shah Sanjar Nafis Ahmad (Masters)
- 2015 Mojibul Sajjadan (Masters)
- 2016 Andrew George (Masters)
- 2022 Mohan Sankarasubbu (Masters)
Railway Professional (Mid-Career) of the Year Award
- 2020 Andrew Hunt
- 2021 Phillip Campbell OAM
- 2022 Walter Rushbrook
- 2023 David Stuart-Smith
- 2024 Natalie Bond and Stephen Muscat
- 2013 Michelle Tan and Raphael Chagellis
- 2014 Rochelle Bosworth and Michael Donald
- 2015 Jennifer Aiton
- 2016 Antonia Niaga and Mitchell Lees
- 2016-17 James Donovan
- 2017 Victoria Bourke
- 2018 Nichelle Naluz and Kershan Pillai
- 2019 Kamal Yash
- 2020 Mushfika Upama
- 2021 Linda Lin and Brendan Cornish
- 2022 Bryan Law and Andrew Smertherham
- 2023 Wilson Dai and Sakura Mukhopadhyay
Undergraduate Thesis Award (previously Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award)
- 2002 Jeanette Aitken
- 2003 David Hanson, Wayne Potter and Wayne Londema
- 2004 Nick Stephens and Savithri Shimada
- 2005 David Caldwell and Luke Cervoni
- 2006 Jonathan Dennis
- 2009 Patrick van Raay and Alexander Chen
- 2010 Victor Lorena and Ms. Clara Mulholland
- 2011 Ross McGovern
- 2012 John Bills
- 2013 Jennifer Aiton
- 2014 Tyler Plowright and Dane Griffin
- 2015 Ian Mackay and David McKenzie
- 2016 Matthew Kwong
- 2017 Jason Johnston and Andrew Chan
- 2018 Andrew Talos
- 2019 Micah Fountain
- 2020 Emil Kock Johansen
- 2021 Elizabeth Kalou and Navsimran Singh
- 2022 Michael Bourke and Kieranpal Sidhu
- 2023 Thomas Murphy
- 2024 Hakeem Khan
- 2013 Amanda Lu
- 2014 David Ogucha
- 2015 Ryan Trevaskis
- 2016-17 Esther Warren
- 2017 Gordon Baulch
- 2018 Bhaskara Dheram
- 2019 Michelle Tan
- 2022 Priannka Kumar
- 2023 Gesmar Almeida Junior
- 2004 Jacob Latter
- 2005 Wilson Wong
- 2006 Rebecca Bignell and Tom Hampton
- 2007 Daniel Martucci and Behzad Fatahi
- 2008 Sakdirat Kaewunruen
- 2009 David Coker and Chris Gordon
- 2010 Peter Munro and Daniel Headifen
- 2011 Sean Myers and William Street
- 2012 Ms. Lucy Gardner and Daniel Thomson
- 2013 Liam Palmer-Cannon and Jonathan Barnes
- 2014 Shane Dyer and Shaun Robertson
- 2015 David Law and Esther Warren
- 2016 Yvette Griggs and Michael Hetherington
- 2016-17 Henry Huynh and Daniel Price
- 2017 Brendan Cassels and Michael Crocker
- 2018 Qian Zheng and Michelle Doolan
- 2019 Kyaw Lwin
- 2020 Yang Lit Phay
- 2021 Andrew Tay and Sanaya Kerawala
- 2022 Ash Athukoralalage and Adrianne Ho
- 2023 Kyle Saunders and Mani Risal
ARI Young Rail Professional Award (sponsored by RTSA starting in 2016)
- 2014 Mathieu Gonzalez
- 2015 Calvin Li
- 2016 Samuel Lilley
- 2017 Gordon Baulch
- 2018 Ryan Holt and Laura Edwards
- 2019 Mark Xerri
- 2020 Emma Whitehead
- 2021 Mary Nguyen
- 2022 Kelly Douglas and Jonathan Chan
- 2023 Ryan Spooner
CORE Emerging Young Professional Award
- 2018 Jordan Hannagan
- 2021
- 2023 Lauren Guiney
- 2008 John Adams
- 2020 John Dring (deceased)
- 2021 Dr Philip Laird
- 2021 Colin Butcher
- 2021 Peter Martinovich
- 2024 Prof. Buddhima Indraratna
- 2008 Mina Hanna
- 2011 Mark Dobrovits
- 2012 Paul Bellette
- 2013 Dr. Nannan Zong
- Discontinued after 2013