Blue Ribbon Award (railway)

The Blue Ribbon Award (ブルーリボン賞, Burū Ribon Shō) is an award presented annually in Japan since 1958 by the Japan Railfan Club [ja].

It is awarded for railway vehicles that entered service in the previous year and were voted by members as being the most outstanding design of the year.

[1] The list of award winners since 1958 is as follows.

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2006 Blue Ribbon Award ceremony at Shinjuku Station for the Odakyu 50000 series "VSE" Romancecar EMU, September 2006