Hello from Railway Herald
 

Hello!
I work for Railway Herald Magazine - we are the UKs only weekly digital magazine for railway enthusiasts – with a small editorial team we cover the operational and enthusiast aspects of UK, European and Worldwide railway scenes. We are passionate about our content and are proud to be recognised as an accurate and well respected publication with a readership of 20k. Not heard of us? Take a look at: http://railwayherald.com/

The reason I’m posting is that I am keen to get people talking about Railway Herald with the aim of getting some constructive feedback on our magazine – we really want to know what you think. We have some great subscription offers – an annual fee is just £18 (38p per week!) and you can view a sample copy on our website before you buy.

Sorry if that all sounds like an advert – we really are just keen to get your views – it would be great to get a discussion going!

Railway Herald was talked about on here quite often when it was free, but since it was made chargeable there has been very little mention.

To be honest I liked reading it, informative and interesting but some of us are on restricted incomes so don't subscribe.:(

Yes it does sound like an advert

Yes I did subscribe when it was free and I did supply photo's for you

BUT when it came to paying I didn't like the terms that were included about who owned copyright so I bugged out

and came here much better as this is two way information being a forum

Hi RHM,

Welcome to the Forum.

I stopped reading Railway Herald when you started charging. It is quite good but a lot of the content is not particularly interesting to me, so therefore I am not prepared to pay for it.

As has already been stated above we regularly discussed it when it was free but as so many of us do not subscribe now it has tended to have gone off this Forum's Radar.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

I have paid to recieve the Railway Herald every Monday. I enjoy the mag, it has interesting articles and news as well as terrific photos. It has stayed enthusiast focussed, not like one mag which became a rail industry bible. (That started out as Rail Enthusiast originally).

Hello and welcome RHM, I too used to get your magazine and like everyone else I stopped as soon as you started charging for it, I sent photographs but did not get any published, why would that be ? Anyway I now subscribe to the free Railtalk magazine and together with many of our forum members have our shots published regularly.

Thank you
 

Hi

Thanks for your responses - that's really interesting. It was a difficult decision to introduce a subscription fee, but it became very necessary in order to make the magazine pay for the editorial content - there is a very small but dedicated team working on it, and as much as they love their work, they just can't do it for free!
Any more feedback very welcome - keep it coming!
Many thanks

I enjoyed reading the magazine when it was free but I took the decision to pay the £18 when you started charging for it. I am in my second subscription and still enjoy reading it but I dont send you any of my pictures because of the terms and condition's of the copyrights. My pictures = my terms to do what I like. But thank you for still producing a good read

Alan

Hi RHM and welcome from me too. Your mag was a good and interesting read, that most people I spoke to enjoyed. I understand the reasons for charging a fee and fully accept the hard work getting the material is costly, as with most things. However I currently subscribe to two other mags and cant stretch to a third unfortunately! so this has gone off the radar for me too I am afraid.
Good luck with your publication and wish you all every success.
All the best
Phil

Thanks Guys - if we have any special offers on subscriptions i'll let you know. You can still view the 2012: Year in Review Issue for free: http://railwayherald.com/review2012/

Comment regarding T&C on images taken on board, but I think you understand why they are set as they are Alan - and thanks for the compliment!

Any suggestions warmly welcomed!

as has been said on here and elsewhere most people have no intention of paying for the subscription to Railway Herald.
So why is it that they continue to post in numerous threads about further details that you need to pay the subscription to read?

Is this a case of a commercial business touting for business?
Should their registration on this site be removed?

Firstly - sorry to have caused offence to any forum members - we have been open and honest from the outset in that we are keen to hear feedback from readers of Railway Herald - we dont have a forum on our website, and RAILWAYFORUM.NET was the obvious choice to start a discussion with railway enthusiasts. Many thanks for your comments.

Pardon the cynical side of me for thinking

that subscriptions are down
that you are trying to test the water to see whether you ought to have a forum on the RH

I used to enjoy the magazine as it was by the readers for the readers

Whatever our feelings about charging for Railway Herald the fact remains that it is widely read and respected within in the enthusiast comunity. We need to separate the issue of charging from the content which is generally of a high standard.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

A very warm welcome to the forum.

Nice 'magazine'.

As I said in the past, it has to be costly to produce such a good, informative magazine, and the fact we enjoyed it free for so long has made us a bit sour at having to pay for it! Personally I don’t have a problem with that, if you want a good read then buy it and fund the hard work and dedication these guys have put into it for our benefit! So come on guys be a little more forgiving, as all good things have a value, and be happy we had it free for so long!
All the very best
Phil

I wasn't sure what to do when you decided to start charging for it but I subscribed. Just renewed for a second year. Still enjoy the magazine.