There may have been some confusion.
There
were plans to charge for it, and I must admit I assumed that had gone ahead for a while (hence why I didn't look for it for a few months!), but in fact it never did go ahead, and it appears the plans have been totally dropped. There's no mention of them now at all.
Since the split, I've noticed quite a few messages around directing people to the RH site and informing people that a new issue is out, I believe this is probably to remind people that it is still free (

), and also to ensure that no-one goes to the railwaycentre.com site instead
Wonder what Colin Marsden will do now!