Channel 5 - Railways that Built Britain With Chris Tarrant (2017) Part 3 Steam is Dead, Long Live the Railways

The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant examines how trains transformed the nation and shaped modern Britain.

Part 3 Steam is Dead, Long Live the Railways

Chris examines the devastating impact of the Beeching report, which led to half the country's stations and almost a third of the lines being closed. He also looks at how the railways were reinvented for the modern age, and how a sleek new locomotive not only saved the railway network, but reshaped the country.

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