The Architecture the Railways Built

Railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network.

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S1.E1 ∙ Down Street

Sun, Apr 26, 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 it.

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S1.E2 ∙ Ffestiniog

Sun, May 3, 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.

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S1.E3 ∙ Kings Cross

Sun, May 10, 2020

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

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S1.E4 ∙ Ribblehead

Sun, May 17, 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.

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S1.E5 ∙ Metroland

Sun, May 24, 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 station.

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S1.E6 ∙ St. Pancras

Sun, May 31, 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 Yorkshire.

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S1.E7 ∙ Snowdon

Sun, Jun 14, 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.

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S1.E8 ∙ Broadway

Sun, Jun 21, 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.

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S1.E9 ∙ Stockton Darlington

Sun, Jun 28, 2020

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

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S1.E10 ∙ Swindon

Sun, Jul 5, 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 Central Station.

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S3.E1 ∙ Newcastle

Mon, Sep 13, 2021

Tim Dunn takes to the tracks in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to explore a city rich in railway architecture. He crosses the border into Scotland to see two record-breaking structures. A funicular railway in Germany also features.

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S3.E2 ∙ Wharncliffe

Mon, Sep 20, 2021

Tim visits Brunel's first and last railway projects, Wharncliffe Viaduct in West London and Three Bridges a kilometre away. He visits the Rossio terminus in Lisbon and Ballater station, which once hosted royal visitors to Balmoral.

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S3.E3 ∙ Charing Cross

Mon, Sep 27, 2021

Tim Dunn uncovers the secrets above, below and inside London's Charing Cross Station. He also looks at the modern wonder of the Ordsall Chord in Manchester. His focus then shifts to Sweden's railways.

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S3.E4 ∙ Bramhope Tunnel

Mon, Oct 4, 2021

Tim Dunn heads underground at the Victorian Bramhope Tunnel in West Yorkshire. He also visits the private railway museum of the late Sir William McAlpine and the rebuilt station in Dresden, destroyed during the Allied bombing in 1945.

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S3.E5 ∙ Saltburn

Mon, Oct 11, 2021

Tim Dunn visits the popular Victorian holiday resort Saltburn-by-the-Sea, exploring the North Yorkshire town that owes its very existence to the railways. He also visits Aleksandrów Kujawski in Poland and Bristol.

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S3.E6 ∙ Bishopstone

Mon, Oct 18, 2021

Tim heads to Bishopstone in Sussex, a seaside station with a difference, it's also a fortress designed to defend against German attack in WWII. He also visits Stockholm Central Station and the Selby Diversion on the East Coast Main Line.

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S3.E7 ∙ Greenwich

Mon, Oct 25, 2021

Tim Dunn explores London's first passenger railway - the London and Greenwich Railway, on the longest railway viaduct in Britain today. He also visits the Aln Valley Railway in Northumberland and the railways of the Czech Republic.

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S3.E8 ∙ North Staffordshire

Mon, Nov 1, 2021

Tim Dunn takes a trip through the history of the North Staffordshire Railway Company, admiring the beautiful Stoke Station. He also visits the Byker Viaduct on the Tyne and Wear Metro and the Elblag Canal in Poland.

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S3.E9 ∙ Ramsgate

Mon, Nov 8, 2021

Today Tim Dunn heads to the seaside to find out how the railways changed the fortunes of Margate and Ramsgate. He also visits the Dom Luís I Bridge in Portugal and learns about the driverless, underground London Post Office Railway.

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S3.E10 ∙ Curzon Street

Mon, Nov 15, 2021

Tim Dunn visits the historic Grade 1 Curzon Street Station, to be reborn as part of the terminus for HS2, the rail link between London and Birmingham. He also visits a new Metro station in Copenhagen and the world's oldest model village.

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