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Railnews
About Railnews
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About Railnews
Railnews is the trade newspaper for staff in the British railway industry.
It was founded in 1963 to replace the six regional magazines which British Railways had established in 1950 after nationalisation.
Railnews continued until 1997, when privatisation meant that the British Railways Board would no longer run trains or maintain the infrastructure.
The title was bought by the present company, and monthly publication was resumed four months later.
Today Railnews is read throughout the railway system by thousands of staff who work for train operators, Network Rail and other authorities, such as the Office of Rail and Road and Transport for London.
It is recognised as the industry’s own newspaper, and includes regular features from the ‘whistleblowing’ organisation CIRAS and also the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which sees Railnews as the most efficient way to circulate safety messages and explain the lessons learnt from incidents to as many staff as possible.
Although Railnews is at the core of the railway, it is not an internal house title and is not the voice of management.
Instead, when industrial disputes occur Railnews is scrupulous about steering evenly between the two sides, airing what they have to say but making no editorial judgements.
Railnews sees one of its main responsibilities as ‘ventilating the debate’, while staying neutral.
There is no other newspaper for the rail industry in Britain, and Railnews is privileged to play a vital role in print, in digital formats and on the internet. The latest development has literally given Railnews a voice, with the launch of Railnews podcasts in July 2024.
Anyone may subscribe to Railnews for a moderate annual charge. For more information, please call 01438 281200 or subscriptions@railnews.co.uk.
If you have some news for us, please use news@railnews.co.uk. If you have something to say we would be pleased to hear from you at platform@railnews.co.uk.
Railnews also works closely with the railway industry supply chain, and organisations like the Railway Industry Association.
Advertising is understandly popular because of the wide audience, and Advertising Manager David Longstaff will be pleased to help you on 01438 281210 .
However, Railnews has always rejected ‘advertorial’ items, which look like objective news or features but are actually paid for by an advertiser.
To plug this gap without misleading readers, Railnews has now launched Business Spotlight, which is part of this website and also appears every month in the print editions, so that companies can use their own words to describe their products and services.
Railnews is an Associate Member of the Rail Delivery Group. | |
A recent edition
Railnews celebrated 50 years of publication
in October 2013, and the front cover of the
special anniversary edition appeared in the
original style as used in 1963 | |
