Magazines
Ian Allan Publishing is well known for its range of enthusiast-based magazines. There are currently ten magazines in the portfolio:
- Hornby Magazine, a monthly magazine aimed at Model Railway Enthusiasts. Despite the title, the magazine covers products of all manufacturers, not just Hornby .
- Railways Illustrated, a monthly publication targeting enthusiasts.
- Modern Railways
- Buses
- Buses Focus is a spin-off from Buses magazine. Now a regular bi-monthly. No Longer Published
- Bus and Coach Preservation was first published in 2001 under the Ian Allan banner following a merger of two previous titles.
- Vintage Roadscene. This now bi-monthly journal covers the world of historic transport. It has been established for over 20 years.
- Aircraft Illustrated was first published in 1968. It covered up to date news and features on civil aviation, airliners and preservation. In 2009 the magazine changed its focus to classic aircraft exclusively and was renamed Classic Aircraft.
- Combat Aircraft provides in-depth coverage of the men and the machines at the forefront of the missions undertaken in today’s combat zones.
Through the Lewis Masonic imprint, the company also publishes the quarterly masonic magazine "The Square", the longest running masonic periodical in the United Kingdom.
From 1962 to 2007 Ian Allan also published, jointly with the Light Rail Transit Association, the monthly magazine Modern Tramway—known later as Light Rail and Modern Tramway and currently as Tramways & Urban Transit—and continues to handle printing and some distribution of TAUT, as well as printing of the LRTA's quarterly historical journal, Tramway Review.
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