A list of all available back issues of RAIL EAST can be found [here] — but can you help us fill the gaps (28 of the first 101, dating from 1972-1998, are missing)? if so, please contact us (see bottom of page).
Latest issue (210) published in June 2026 - click on cover below to read it.
A variety of topics
- A look at railways on the European mainland thanks to Interrail
- Making the case for a St Neots station on East West Rail
- Disjointed services puts March station in a no man's land
- A Cambridge Metro utilising the railway network
- St Edmund's CRP has been formed
- Problems of taking bikes on trains
- Timetable changes in East Anglia
- Bus connections at stations
- A congested network for rail freight
- Greater Anglia's catering trolley reinstated on Norwich-Stansted services
- Cambridge South opens on 28 June
Recent issues of RAIL EAST - click on the cover to view the PDF
Where a production problem originally occurred, the back issues on the website have the corrected issue number and date. Issue '123 June 2004' had been mistitled as '122', '126 January 2005' was '122 January 2004' and '127 May 2005' was '127 May 2004'.
Please see Newsletters for RAIL EAST highlights with descriptions of the content of each issue, click FULL LIST for a link to ecery issue available online and Snippets for the East Anglia branch news e-bulletins dating back to 1999.
We are looking for copies of early issues (almost every issue from the first in 1972 up to early 1986, one from 1987/88/89/91/98. Everything from 102 is online). If you have any please get in touch - see RAIL EAST back page.