UIC TopRail Photo Competition 2021 themed around “My Secret Rail Spots”

“Inspiring the world to enjoy sustainable tourism on rail”

As part of the European Year of Rail, UIC is organising a photo competition through its TopRail group (rail tourism) under the theme “My Secret Rail Spots”.

The aim of the competition is for railway employees to share their favourite spots from train journeys in order to inspire future passengers to hop on a train and take the same pictures once it becomes possible to travel again.

Participants have six months, until 10 September, to upload a picture of their secret railway spot to the PollUnit platform.

The photo with the most “likes” by the end date wins the competition.

The winners of the competition will be announced on 26 October during the TopRail Forum.

The voting session will be open from 11.09.2021 till 11.10.2021.

The 12 photos with the most “likes” per country will be used to produce a UIC TopRail calendar for 2022 and will be published on the UIC Instagram page under the hashtags:

#UICTopRail

#MySecretRailSpot

#RailTourism

#EUYearofRail

#SustainableTourism

Should you have any questions, please contact us here: snigir@uic.org

Voting period
2021-09-10 10:00 PM - 2021-10-10 10:00 PM

Slovenia. Morning in the area of Sevnica

Matej Hribar, Slovenske železnice, d.o.o.

Japan, Yamagata. Mogami River and the magnificent scenery of the colored leaves

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

China. Golden Phoenix. China now has the longest HSR mileage both in operation and under construction, the highest business operation speed, the most complete technologies the vastest variety of operation scenarios and management experiences in the world, a Fuxing EMUs speeding on Picturesque Beijing-Guangzhou HSR in China.

Jiahao Liu, China Academy Of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited

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Hungary, Székesfehérvár. Nostalgia

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt.

Greece, Kalavritai. Kalavrita station 2006

Károly, Dévai, MÁV-START ZRT.

Austria, Vienna. Bahnhof Wien Meidling

Andreas Sailer, ÖBB Infra SAE PM

Italy, Torino. Tranvia Sassi- Superga,

Györgyi Hedvig, MÁV-START Zrt.

Hungary, Budapest. Hungarian Railway Museum

Anita Toth MÁV Group - MÁV SZK Zrt

Austria, Ardning. Bosruck tunnel between Linz and Graz

Patrick Kuttner, ÖBB

Japan, Fukushima. Mt. Bandai with buckwheat fields' white flowers

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

Hungary, Székesfehérvár. Start

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt.

Slovenia, Črnotiče towards Koper.

Patrick Kuttner, ÖBB

Slovenia. Gorenjska railway line. Signal repair.

Matej Hribar, Slovenske železnice, d.o.o.

Hungary, Sárvár

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt

Japan, Iwate. Local high school students give a big welcome to the Joyful Train "Tohoku Emotion"

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

JR East Official Site

Belgrade-Bar railway, Montenegro

Ádám Pintér, MÁV-HÉV

Hungary, Rákos

Bence Takács, MÁV-START

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Hungary, Budapest. The Truman steam loco

Károly, Dévai, MÁV-START ZRT.

Japan, Yamanashi. "HIGH RAIL 1375" with scenery of Japanese Southern Alps

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

JR East Official Site

Japan, Hokkaido. Akkeshi Bay with a sunrise in Winter

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

Slovenia, Imeno.

Matic Tržan, Slovenske železnice

Slovakia. Zvolen Castle & 362

Peter Paulík, ZSSK CARGO SR

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Hungary, Budapest. Steam locomotives

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt

Austria, Salzburg. Salzburg Hbf

Adham Elghalban, OEBB

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China, Beijing. Two 350km/h Fuxing EMUs parked at the dynamic vehicle palce of Beijing waiting for departure.

Jiahao Liu, China Academy Of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited

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Hungary, Tapolca. First M62 loco.

Károly, Dévai, MÁV-START ZRT.

Hungary, Baja. Old vs. New

Mónika Gelencsér, MÁV VAGON Kft.

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Austria, Semmeringbahn. Weinzettelwand near Breitenstein

Martin Beran, ÖBB Technische Services

BTB Train Blog

Switzerland, Rivaz. Vineyards, Lake Leman and a Swiss highspeedtrain_8167

Van Tricht Bart - NMBS / SNCB (Belgium)

Hungary, Dunavarsány. Last hungarian Ganz motor train in Budapest - Kunszentmiklós-Tass suburban train. Caterpillar on autumn moorland

Hivert Gábor, MÁV START Zrt

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Hungary, Zichyújfalu

Zoltan Kecso, MAV Hungarian State Railway

Hungary, Tapolca. The little red

Károly, Dévai, MÁV-START ZRT.

Sweden, Torneträsk. Heading to Atlantis...

László Jenő Véha, MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zrt.

Japan, Iwate. Joyful Train SL Ginga and sunflowers

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

China. Back to the future, China Railway has further promoted the implementation of railway construction planning, a creative design of intelligent Fuxing EMU waiting for departure at Beijing-Chaoyang garage.

Jiahao Liu, China Academy Of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited

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Iran. Lorestan Province Railway.

ALIREZA AKHAVAN DEILAMI, RAI

Portugal. Portas de Rodão

Francisco Pinto, Comduzir um comboio a vapor na linha da Beira Baixa erm portugal

Hungary, Mátrafüred

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt

India, Batasialoop. Selfie with toy train of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Mingma Norbu Sherpa, NFR/KI

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Hungary, Magyarország. Time travel in Tapolca.

Mariann Maklári-Klekner

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Hungary, Budapest. West Railway Station

Györgyi Hedvig, MÁV-START Zrt.

Hungary, Sopron. Station

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt

Hungary, Budapest. Nyugati pályaudvar. Little Big

Gábor Kaposvári, MÁV-Start Zrt.

Japan, Fukushima. SHINKANSEN Tsubasa & Azuma Mountain Range with cherry blossom

Mr. Makio SHINODA, EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

Slovakia, Žirany. Railroad to nowhere

Pavol Adamka, ZSSK CARGO

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Italy, Torino. En route, Tranvia Sassi- Superga

Györgyi Hedvig, MÁV-START Zrt.

Croatia, Split

Renato Slugan, HŽ Infrastruktura d.o.o. Croatian Railways Infrastructure

Hungary, Lillafüred. Woodland Railway

Havasi Pál, MÁV-START Zrt.

China. A new model of High-speed integrated testing-inspector train, CRH380BJ-A-0504 is preparing for High-speed railway joint test at Circular Line of Railway Test Center, which located in National Railway Test Center.

Jiahao Liu, China Academy Of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited

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