The Architecture the Railways Built
Railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network. Celebrating the radical design and often challenging construction of many station buildings across the UK and Europe: from grand edifices in major cities to tiny rural stations serving small communities.
- 2020-2023
- 4 seasons
- Documentary
Railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network. Celebrating the radical design and often challenging construction of many station buildings across the UK and Europe: from grand edifices in major cities to tiny rural stations serving small communities.
Season 4 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Forth Bridge
60 mins
Tim heads north of the border to scale a Scottish railway icon - the Forth Bridge, without doubt one of the engineering wonders of the world.
Episode 2
Manchester
60 mins
In Manchester's Castlefield area, Tim discovers how viaducts still dominate the cityscape. In Reading, a railway station is transformed and ready for the commuter challenges of the 21st century.
Episode 3
Channel Tunnel
60 mins
Tim goes deep beneath the waves to explore the Channel Tunnel, stopping off at Ashford International to take in this piece of 90s railway architecture.
Episode 4
London Bridge
60 mins
Tim gets to grips with his local station London Bridge, meeting the architects who turned this one-time Frankenstein's monster of a station into the bright, airy and tranquil modern terminus.
Episode 5
Coventry
60 mins
Tim visits the striking post-war Coventry station. In Scarborough he discovers the birthplace of Britain's funicular railways. And in a TV first, Tim delves into Network Rail's archives.
Episode 6
Goole Bridge
60 mins
Tim explores railway ingenuity at Goole swing bridge in Yorkshire and takes in Edinburgh Waverley from roof to underground vaults. At the National Railway Museum learns how railways demarked their land.
Episode 7
Lincoln
60 mins
Tim Dunn discovers how two competing Victorian railway companies shaped the city of Lincoln.
Episode 8
South Devon
60 mins
Tim Dunn revisits his childhood holiday haunts in South Devon, following the route of Brunel's experimental atmospheric railway.
Episode 9
Leeds
60 mins
Tim Dunn explores the birthplace of British locomotive manufacturing - Leeds, starting at the Round Foundry.
Episode 10
Hull
60 mins
Tim Dunn explores beautiful Hull Paragon station and finds out how Royal Leamington Spa got a wonderful art deco station.