Platform 5 is a publisher that specialises in rail transport books and magazines.

The full name of the company is Platform 5 Publishing Limited.

[1] It was founded by Peter Fox and Neil Webster in 1977.

It initially produced books with a target market of the rail enthusiast in the United Kingdom[2] before diversifying into magazines and also Europe.

[3][4] During the COVID-19 pandemic it suspended publication of its journals.