Abandoned Railways from Above

  • Premiered: May 2024
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • Channel 4
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  • Documentary History Travel

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Season 1
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Oxford
Episode overview
Air date
May 23, 2024
Explores a route that connected two of Britain's most prestigious universities and acted as a secret weapon for the country during WWII.
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Scarborough
Episode overview
Air date
May 30, 2024
Explores a line that ran between two of Britain's most popular resort towns, Scarborough and Whitby, to see how railways transformed them into tourist destinations.
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Wales
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 06, 2024
Explores a route in Wales from Aberystwyth to Carmarthen that helped rural communities thrive and brought with it an industrial boom in the region.
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York
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 13, 2024
Explores a line that intertwines with the fortune of the Railway King, George Hudson. The journey starts at York's first permanent railway station, then moves to the 12,000-acre estate in Londesborough and finally to Hull.
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Scotland
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 30, 2024
Follows an abandoned line from Carlise to Edinburgh, which connects communities in this remote area of the country, as well as England with Scotland; explores the site of what used to be the largest factory in the world, north of Gretna.
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Somerset
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 2024
Follow one of Britain's most beloved lost lines through beautiful Somerset and Dorset countryside, from Bath to Bournemouth via the sites of stories about everything from cider to supersonic airliners

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