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All Episodes of The Architecture the Railways Built

Railway expert and train enthusiast Tim Dunn explores the stunning architecture that lines the railway network in `The Architecture the Railways Built'. He visits stations...
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Season 1

  • Down Street
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    Down Street

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/28/2020

    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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  • Ffestiniog
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    Ffestiniog

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/5/2020

    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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  • King's Cross
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    King's Cross

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/12/2020

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

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  • Ribblehead
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    Ribblehead

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/19/2020

    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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  • Metroland
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    Metroland

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/26/2020

    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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  • St Pancras
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    St Pancras

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/2/2020

    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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  • Snowdon
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    Snowdon

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/9/2020

    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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  • Broadway
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    Broadway

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/16/2020

    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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  • Stockton & Darlington
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    Stockton & Darlington

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/23/2020

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

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  • Swindon
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    Swindon

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/2020

    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 station.

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