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Since 1981 RAIL has been the UK’s most respected, authoritative, and influential railway industry magazine and is the first choice for anyone interested in today’s railway, whatever their reason. RAIL’s second-to-none news coverage is given context by its top-quality opinion, comment and analysis pieces covering the full spectrum of rail industry activity from Britain’s leading expert commentators.

Widely respected within Government, RAIL delivers unrivalled insight, helping to inform policy, operations, maintenance, and services providers including Network Rail, train operators and the wider industry.

With a Membership to RAIL, you can expect:

Independent and in-depth news RAIL is the first choice for anyone interested in today’s railway news. Our second-to-none breaking news coverage is the best place to find out about UK rail news including rolling stock, structure and governance, infrastructure, electrification and high-speed routes.

Knowledgeable and valued experts Our experts are the best in the business. As well as our team of industry-leading journalists, we are backed by a raft of authoritative commentators bringing their own insight from a wide-range of industry expertise.

Forensic and incisive analysis and comment Our unrivalled research means we can dig deeper into the issues facing the modern rail industry, offering widely respected opinion alongside industry-leading data.

Read and respected from Ballast to Boardroom RAIL magazine is read by influential figures from within Government, helping to inform policy decisions in Whitehall, as well by leading professionals from all sectors of the industry including operations, maintenance, and services providers including Network Rail, train operators and the wider industry.


Features of the app we love:

- Read or listen to articles (choice of three voices)

- Browse our archived issues

- Free articles available to non-members

- Search content that interests you!

- Save articles from the content feed to enjoy later

- Switch between Digital View and Magazine View for the best experience

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Please Note: This app is more reliable in OS 5-11. The app may not work well with any Android operating system from OS 4 or before. Anything from Lollipop onwards is good.
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By:
Bauer Consumer Media Ltd
Downloads:
6,641 5
Version:
3.61 Last updated: 2025-09-18
Version code:
3061
Creation date:
2015-08-27
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User Reviews

good articles
by j *****, 2024-10-18

What a mess of an app. Not designed for easy use on a phone. Far too complicated to use easily. Digital edition seems to not keep up with latest "print" version. Very close to ditching my subscription.
by Je*****, 2023-07-17
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