About the Society

 

The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society is the largest national railway society in the UK, currently with around 2,800 members.

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The Society’s areas of interest cover both the contemporary rail scene as well as the historical railway. A key characteristic of the Society is its very large branch network, currently numbering 28, each of which hold their own regular branch meetings.

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Benefits of Membership

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• National railway society, with 29 branches throughout the UK

• Extensive ‘presentation style’ meetings on railway themes held at branch level (typically once a month per branch)

• Periodic national Zoom meetings 

• Magazine, ‘The Railway Observer’, issued monthly

• Extensive library and archive (based at Leatherhead, Surrey)

• Annual members weekend

• Online forum

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Contacts

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Website: www.rcts.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RCTSUK

Email: enquiries@rcts.org.uk

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Membership Fee

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Printed version Railway Observer: £38
Digital (not printed) version Railway Observer: £20
(£1 reduction if payment made by direct debit)
 

Promotions

 

New member promotions occasionally apply. For example, for year 2024 new members receiving the printed Railway Observer pay £28 and those receiving the digital version pay £10 (£1 reduction if payment made by direct debit).

 

How to Join

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Join via the Society’s website. You can use the following link:   rcts.org.uk/join

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