Rail (magazine)
 Cover of an issue from July 2024 | |
| Editor | Dickon Ross |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Nigel Harris |
| Staff writers | Christian Wolmar |
| Categories | Rail transport |
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| Circulation |  20,063(January–December 2015)[1] |
| Publisher | Bauer Consumer Media |
| Founded | Emap |
| First issue | 1981 |
| Country | England |
| Based in | Peterborough |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0953-4563 |
Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain. It is published fortnightly by Bauer Consumer Media.[2]
It was launched as Rail Enthusiast in 1981 initially as a bi-monthly publication, becoming monthly in April 1982 and fortnightly in March 1989.[3][4] It was renamed Rail in January 1988.
Nigel Harris was the editor for 28 years, from 1995 until September 2023.[5] Dickon Ross took over as editor in 2024. He was later joined on the staff by industry editor Richard Wilcock, news editor Dave Stubbings and features editor Andy Comfort.[6]
References
- ↑ "RAIL – circulation". ABC. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ About Rail magazine Great Magazines
- ↑ Editorial, Rail Enthusiast catalogue entry British Library, issue 7 April 1982 page 7
- ↑ Now it's Rail - Fortnightly Rail issue 89 February 1989 page 3
- ↑ Clifton, Paul (6 September 2023). "Nigel harris to step down after 28 years leading rail - 6 Sep 2023 - Rail Magazine - Readly". Readly. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ "The RAIL team". www.railmagazine.com. Retrieved 20 August 2026.