The Architecture the Railways Built
The Architecture the Railways Built
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The Architecture the Railways Built

4.3 / 10
2020
4 seasons
40 episodes
Documentary

Railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network in `The Architecture the Railways Built'. He visits stations made up of simple stone buildings, decorative Victorian grandeur, and striking glass and concrete structures, but he doesn't stop at visiting stations, as he explores every structure which owes its existence to the railway, including viaducts, railway hotels, tunnels, and the less obvious buildings such as homes, swimming pools, and Turkish baths.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Down Street

    28-04-2020

    Tim Dunn explores disused tube station Down Street in Mayfair that played a crucial tactical role during WWII and tours Rotterdam's new centraal station with the man who designed i...

  • Ep 2

    2.Ffestiniog

    05-05-2020

    Tim Dunn visits the Ffestiniog in Wales originally built to transport slate from mountain to coast and learns about Amsterdam Centraal - controversially built across the waterfront...

  • Ep 3

    3.King's Cross

    12-05-2020

    Tim's behind the scenes at London's King's Cross and learns of Bristol's funicular railway.

  • Ep 4

    4.Ribblehead

    19-05-2020

    Tim Dunn visits the Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales, talks to the man who saved it from closure and tours the breathtaking stations of the Hungerbergbahn in Innsbruck.

  • Ep 5

    5.Metroland

    26-05-2020

    Tim Dunn follows his family's roots by exploring Metroland, the area around the Metropolitan Railway, and in Great Malvern learns about the woman behind the decorative 1860s statio...

  • Ep 6

    6.St Pancras

    02-06-2020

    Tim Dunn explores the ornate St Pancras station in London and its sister hotel - built to show off the might of the Midlands, and learns about Castle Howard station in North Yorksh...

  • Ep 7

    7.Snowdon

    09-06-2020

    Tim Dunn rides up Mt Snowdon's railway to visit the summit station, and discovers how a glass structure envelopes Strasbourg's 19th century station.

  • Ep 8

    8.Broadway

    16-06-2020

    Tim Dunn visits the former HQ of London Underground, 55 Broadway, which was the capital's first skyscraper, and sees the timber-framed Barmouth Bridge in north Wales.

  • Ep 9

    9.Stockton & Darlington

    23-06-2020

    Tim Dunn visits the architecture of the Stockton & Darlington railway, the first passenger steam line in the world and learns how Essex's enormous Chappel Viaduct was built.

  • Ep 10

    10.Swindon

    30-06-2020

    Tim Dunn visits Swindon's railway village, which became home to Great Western's enormous works and he also explores the dark and secret past of Milan's monumental station.

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