Re: Lack of Railway Magazines in Newsagencies

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Always plenty of railway magazines, including those you mention, at the
newsagent at Chadstone Shopping Centre  (Melbourne)

Cheers
John Wayman

Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have noticed in the last several months that rail magazines have
> disappeared from sale in many newsagencies of late.
>
> I have not seen Railway Digest, AMRM, Motive Power, Model Railroad or
> even UK's Rail magazines at any newsagencies for sometime. One obscure
> magazine to be found was "Light Railways" (didn't know it existed!)
>
> I surveyed several newsagencies in the area where I live & at work. 90%
> don't carry any rail magazines, Local or International at all.
>
> Only the Newslink newsagencies in the Sydney Underground stations had a
> decent range of railway magazines. ARHS Redfern also has a large
> selection but it's a bit out of the way.
>
> Is it like this all over the place? I am just concerned that interest in
> railways will diminish over time if railway publications don't make it
> out to the general public.
>
> Jon Lau
>