Today’s Railways-Platform 5

[Stu from EGDL]

Hi Gang,

 

As a fan of Today’s Railways UK and worrying about availability at the newsagent for my next copy, I ventured to the Platform 5 website which has a banner saying that both the UK and Europe monthlies are suspended TFN. There is a hope that they may restart with the July 2020 issue, published in June, but I feel this is a little hopeful.

 

Will any of the other magazines go the same way...time will tell!

Don’t know how this will affect subscriptions, but a word of warning, the first link took me to the Newstand web portal....who look as if they will still be happy to take your money for a suspended title. Be warned!
 

Later,

Stu from EGDL.

 

Edited April 1, 2020 by Stu from EGDL
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[Legend]

oh dear . Hope its not the start of a trend

[Simon Lee]

Four subscribers they have stated that they will extend subs to cover the missing issues. 

Handy as my TR Europe subs have just been taken.

[Huw Griffiths]

7 hours ago, Stu from EGDL said:

I ventured to the Platform 5 website which has a banner saying that both the UK and Europe monthlies are suspended TFN. There is a hope that they may restart with the July 2020 issue, published in June, but I feel this is a little hopeful.

 

Will any of the other magazines go the same way...time will tell!

Don’t know how this will affect subscriptions, but a word of warning, the first link took me to the Newstand web portal....who look as if they will still be happy to take your money for a suspended title. Be warned!

 

7 hours ago, Legend said:

oh dear . Hope its not the start of a trend

 

Somehow, I'd be surprised if there's anything too scary behind this.

 

Recently, there have also been comments about some printers closing "for the duration" - with plans to resume work after the current "Corona" emergency eases.

 

It's also been noted that a number of newsagent shops are also closed at present.

 

These developments make me wonder if the "no new issues for the time being" might merely be recognition of this reality - with subscriptions now being for the originally planned number of issues, albeit probably spread over a slightly longer length of time.

 

In other words, to me, this sounds like it's effectively a case of "nothing to worry about" for readers.

 

 

3 hours ago, Simon Lee said:

For subscribers they have stated that they will extend subs to cover the missing issues.

 

This certainly sounds consistent with my thoughts ... .

Edited April 1, 2020 by Huw Griffiths

[Legend]

I meant a trend of Mags shutting down for the duration of pandemic , as reading material dries up. That said , of course it’s not essential , and if it keeps people safe then it definitely the way to go 

[EddieB]

Thank you for the news, as I seldom visit their website.

 

Obviously concerned having recently renewed my subscription to the Europe edition (the telephone was manned, or more accurately womanned), I also received a bookazine that was ordered at the same time.  However, I quite appreciate that their “house” is far from essential in present times.  I have plenty of reading material to keep me going, and it is unlikely I’ll be visiting Europe again in the immediate future.

 

 

[EddieB]

Worth noting that my subs copy of the Europe edition arrived a few days ago, so I guess the UK edition is also back on sale.   On-line ordering facilities have been added to their website.

[wasabi]

Have had 293 dated July and 292 is April so back on track..  Perhaps the change of editor also led to a delay.