Trustworthy, administrator
6,649
edits
Changes
m
Membership number (currently 10,336)
[[File:SVR_News_200_Cover.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Severn Valley Railway News]]
'''Severn Valley Railway News''' ("SVR News") is the quarterly magazine of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]] provided free to its members, and on sale for £5 {{As of|20232024|lc=y}} at [[List of shops|SVR shops]]. The first edition was published in November 1965, three months after the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1965|meeting at the Coopers Arms ]] which resulted in the formation of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]]. The most recent edition, issue 224225, was published in Winter 2023/24Spring 2024.
==Format, publication and distribution==
Issue 209 (Spring 2020) was packaged in an environmentally-friendly potato starch envelope but due to an issue with some members not receiving their copies, distribution has since reverted to using a compostable paper envelope.<ref>SVR(G) Annual Report, 31 December 2020, Chairman's Statement</ref> Some other material may also be distributed with the magazine such as the Guarantee Company accounts and AGM paperwork or appeals leaflets. Issue 210 (Summer 2020) included ''The Way Ahead'', a [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|COVID-19]] themed supplement.
{{As of|20232024}} the SVR has just under 11around 10,000 300 members. 9,000 copies of each edition of SVR News are produced with approximately 8,000 being sent to members (joint members receive one copy).<ref>SVR News 220, Winter 2022, ''General Information''</ref>
The Guarantee Company announced in SVR News 215, Autumn 2021 its intention to offer the option of digital publication and distribution. {{As of|20232024}} this has not yet been offered.
===Typical contents===
