Modern Railways
| Editor | Richard Clinnick |
|---|---|
| Categories | Rail transport |
| Frequency | Monthly (fourth Thursday) |
| Circulation | 16,000 |
| Publisher | Key Publishing |
| Founder | Geoffrey Freeman Allen |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Language | British English |
| Website | https://modern-railways.keypublishing.com |
| ISSN | 0026-8356 |
Modern Railways is a monthly British magazine covering the rail transport industry. It was first published in 1962 by Ian Allan and by Key Publishing since March 2012. The magazine was based originally in Shepperton, Surrey, and Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, subsequently.
The magazine has always been targeted at both railway professionals and serious amateurs; this aim derives from its origins as an amalgamation of the enthusiast magazine Trains Illustrated and the industry journal The Locomotive, in the hands of its first editor Geoffrey Freeman Allen.
As of July 2025, it is edited by Richard Clinnick. Regular contributors include Roger Ford, Ian Walmsley, Alan Williams and Tony Miles. Informed Sources is a large section written regularly by Ford and Pan Up is written by Walmsley.