Walking Britain's Lost Railways
Walking Britain's Lost Railways

Walking Britain's Lost Railways

2018 4 Seasons 20 Episodes ⭐ 6.3 Documentary

Rob Bell explores the lost landscapes and infrastructure of some of Britain's former railway lines. From the 1960's the axe fell on 4,000 miles of Britain's rail network. Now, decades later, Rob Bell is going on journey to uncover those lost railway lines. Every week Rob will explore a different line; experiencing the hidden landscapes, lost infrastructure and forgotten worlds that disappeared when the line closed.

Rob Bell explores the lost landscapes and infrastructure of some of Britain's former railway lines. From the 1960's the axe fell on 4,000 miles of Britain's rail network. Now, decades later, Rob Bell is going on journey to uncover those lost railway lines. Every week Rob will explore a different line; experiencing the hidden landscapes, lost infrastructure and forgotten worlds that disappeared when the line closed.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Elgin to Portsoy

Rob Bell seeks out the lost railway from Elgin to Portsoy, a line which served the fishing and whisky industries so vita

EP 2

Sheffield

Rob starts his journey in the famous steel town of Sheffield, where he’ll be following the old Woodhead Line, through

EP 3

Dartmoor

Rob’s journey through Dartmoor from Plymouth to Exeter begins in unlikely surrounds: in the garage of model railway en

EP 4

Lake District

This is the story of a freight line, built to traverse the tricky landscape of the Lake District to transport minerals f

EP 5

Somerset & Dorset

The story of the Somerset and Dorset line is one of investors, certain of the wealth they would generate, overcoming tre

EP 6

Wales

Rob Bell visits Wales to examine the story of a lost line between Ruabon and Barmouth. The route represented a sea-chang

EP 1

Derbyshire

Rob Bell explores more abandoned rail routes, beginning with one that cut an outrageous path through the dramatic hills

EP 2

The Durham Coalfields

Rob Bell heads to the industrial heartlands of north-east England, beginning on Wearside, where he learns about the worl

EP 3

North Wales

Rob travels to Bangor in North Wales, where he explores a lost line that was built in 1801 to transport Welsh slate from

EP 4

Aberdeenshire

Until it closed in 1966 the Deeside Railway followed the River Dee upstream from Aberdeen into what is now the Cairngorm

EP 5

Norfolk

Rob Bell heads to Norfolk to follow a lost railway through some of the quietest - yet wealthiest - parts of the country.

EP 6

Edinburgh

Rob Bell explores the Waverley Route, which ran south from Edinburgh for 100 miles through the Scottish Borders to Carli

EP 1

North Devon

Rob Bell discovers the now-abandoned lines that unlocked the wild coastline of north Devon. He begins by following the d

EP 2

Highlands

Rob follows an epic 70-mile route along the glorious west coast of Scotland on the Callander and Oban line. Along the r

EP 3

Cotswolds

Starting out from the Regency splendour of Cheltenham, Rob Bell crosses the Cotswolds, following the 46-mile route of th

EP 4

East Midlands

Rob Bell follows traces the course of the Great Central Railway, the final great line of the Victorian era and the last

EP 1

Walking Yorkshire's Lost Railways

Rob is in Yorkshire on the trail of a man once known as the ‘Railway King’. George Hudson rose from farming origins

EP 2

Walking Cornwall's Lost Railways

Rob explores the copper mining that once dominated Cornwall, following the first two railways as he discovers how the de

EP 3

Walking Kent’s Lost Railways

Rob checks out a railway line in rural Kent that became extremely prominent during the world wars, The Elham Valley Rail

EP 4

Walking Northern Ireland’s Lost Railways

Rob explores the lost railways of Northern Ireland - and there are many to choose from. Northern Island is only a little

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Rob Bell
Rob Bell
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