''Railway World'' was an English-based monthly magazine covering rail transport in Great Britain. Founded by GH Lake in 1939 as ''Railways'', in 1940 it was taken over by JW Fowler and renamed ''Railway World''. It was sold to

Ian Allan Publishing Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. It was founded by Ian Allan (publisher), Ian Allan. In 1942 Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern R ...

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Ian Allan Publishing The final edition was published in February 2003, it was superseded by '' Railways Illustrated'' the following month.

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Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1939 Magazines disestablished in 2003 Rail transport magazines published in the United Kingdom 1939 establishments in England 2003 disestablishments in England {{transport-mag-stub