These are the Secrets of the Railways, railroads constructed during turbulent periods and associated with mankind's ugliest deeds.

How four iconic British-built trains revolutionised rail travel and inspired incredible railway proj...

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. P...

The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods an...

Intercity 125 – Britain's own original high-speed train – rules the rails today, but this national i...

Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I and travels through Britain and Eu...

The railway age in the Austrian Empire began with the construction of the horse-drawn railway from L...

The stories behind the iconic structures and engineering feats that have shaped and defined our nati...

Three-part series about trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, reconnecti...

Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special location...

Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent’s railways to immer...

Following an elite crew of workers-- brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train dr...

A 4-part documentary series capturing the compelling story of James J. Hill and the Great Northern R...

Professor Alice Roberts travels across Greece and thousands of years back to our collective past, tr...

Criss-cross Japan by rail. Enjoy an amazing diversity of nature and scenery across the four seasons,...

Filmed on location across the UK, the one-time owner of the Flying Scotsman presents a four-part ser...