This article is about the railway prize. For the poetry prize, see Laurel Prize (poetry).
Award
Laurel Prize
Headmark panel commemorating the 48th Laurel Prize of JR East E721 series train
Awarded for
Best railway-vehicle in terms of production intention, technology and design features, which was newly introduced in the previous year
Date
February 18, 1961 (1961-02-18)
Country
Japan
Presented by
Japan Railfan Club
First awarded
1961
Last awarded
2024
Currently held by
Osaka Metro 400 series
Utsunomiya Light Rail HU300 series
Most awards
JR East
Website
https://www.jrc.gr.jp/e/award/bl
1973 Laurel Prize plaque inside an Odakyu 9000 series EMU train
← 63rd (2023) ·
64th (2024)
· 65th (2025) →
The Laurel Prize (ローレル賞, Rōreru Shō) is an award presented annually in Japan since 1961 by the Japan Railfan Club. It is awarded for railway vehicles that entered service in the previous year and voted by the selection committee as having the most outstanding functional and design features.[1]
^"Blue Ribbon Prize and Laurel Prize". Japan: Japan Railfan Club. May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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the newer KiHa 283 series trains. The KiHa 281 series was awarded the LaurelPrize in 1995 for its outstanding functional and design features. On 13 July...
of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize. Hence it later became customary to award prizes in the form of laurel wreaths...
between 1980 and 1986. It was one of the two recipients of the 23rd LaurelPrize presented by the Japan Railfan Club, the first Shinkansen type to receive...
returned to simply Komachi. In May 2014, the E6 series was awarded the 2014 LaurelPrize, presented annually by the Japan Railfan Club. The award presentation...
is 285 km/h (177 mph). It was one of the two recipients of the 45th LaurelPrize awarded by the Japan Railfan Club in 2005. It abandoned the 700's "duckbill"...
bolsterless bogies to reduce weight. The 300 series was awarded the LaurelPrize in May 1993. 300-9000 series: 16-car pre-series set 300-0 series: 16-car...
Retrieved 11 December 2009. ブルーリボン賞・ローレル賞 選定車両一覧 [Blue Ribbon Award & LaurelPrize Winner List] (in Japanese). Japan: Japan Railfan Club. 29 May 2012. Archived...
create the Poetry School's LaurelPrize for a collection of poems "with nature and the environment at their heart". The prize is to be run by the Poetry...
express services in Japan, as well as Home Liner. It has also won the 1996 LaurelPrize. The trains were built jointly by Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries...
than human-controlled acceleration. It was the recipient of the 28th LaurelPrize award presented by the Japan Railfan Club. Sets are formed as follows...
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their temperature preference. In 2017, the E235 series received the LaurelPrize. A DT80 motor bogie LCD advertising screens LCD advertising screens inside...
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between 1983 and 1997 in five batches, and the design received the 25th LaurelPrize of the Japan Railfan Club in 1985. The trains used a Train Automatic...
the 18000 series, alongside the similar 17000 series, was awarded the LaurelPrize. "2021年に登場する新型車両、東京圏の4形式". tetsudo-ch.com (in Japanese). EXPRESS Co....
more relaxing" interior lighting. In 2021, the train was awarded the LaurelPrize by the Japan Railfan Club. In an announcement by JR Central, JR West...
service in fiscal 2023. On 23 May 2024, the 400 series received the LaurelPrize, presented annually by the Japan Railfan Club. "大阪市高速電気軌道400系第1編成が緑木検車場に搬入される"...
will reimburse Laurel by returning all her jewelry at once. Amy Forrester: Bill's younger girlfriend who has been wearing Laurel'sprized jewelry that Bill...
introduced the annual Blue Ribbon Award (ブルーリボン賞) and LaurelPrize (ローレル賞). The former prize came into being following the introduction of the Odakyu...