The full list of Railway Challenge 2025 competition category winners are listed as follows in addition to the scoreboard and final positions:
Overall winners
- Grand Champion: Network Rail and Colas Rail
- Runner-up: Team EAGLE, TH Nürnberg
- Third place: fh2rail, FH Aachen
- Best Entry Level team: Guided Ways Railway Challenge (GWRC), École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile (ESTACA)
Main on-track challenges
- Auto-Stop: Team EAGLE, TH Nürnberg
- Ride Comfort: Railway Challenge at Sheffield, The University of Sheffield
- Energy Storage: Network Rail and Colas Rail
- Traction: PUTrain, Poznań University of Technology
- Reliability: The Derby Express, University of Derby & Alstom
- Maintainability: fh2rail, FH Aachen
Optional challenges
- Autocoupler: Network Rail and Colas Rail
- Aerodynamic Drag: PUTrain, Poznań University of Technology
- Ride-on Locomotive: PUTrain, Poznań University of Technology
- Location Announcement: Team EAGLE, TH Nürnberg
- Remote Data Recording: No winner
Presentational challenges
- Design: Transport for London
- CAD: Team Heron, Anglia Ruskin University
- Business Case: Network Rail and Colas Rail
- Technical and Aesthetic Poster: Railway Challenge at Sheffield, The University of Sheffield
- Innovation: Railway Challenge at Sheffield, The University of Sheffield
Table 1: Raw scores for the track challenges
Table 2: Team rankings for each challenge together with overall ranking and scores
