Rail Away

Season 7

Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.

Where to Watch Season 7

6 Episodes

  • Germany: Berlin's S-Bahn
    E1
    Germany: Berlin's S-BahnAfter the feelings of euphoria had subsided a little when the hated Wall was demolished, it was discovered that a lot of work had to be done to make Berlin an undivided city again. Work has now been going on for more than 10 years on the S Bahn, its own city railway.
  • Luxembourg & Belgium: Luxembourg - Gouvy - Liège
    E2
    Luxembourg & Belgium: Luxembourg - Gouvy - LiègeThe railway, which was almost the cause of a war between the French and the Germans. Part of this rail route through the Luxembourg and Belgian Ardennes was an important connection for industry. Now it is a future connection for the high-speed line.
  • Denmark & ​​Sweden: Copenhagen - Kastrup - Malmö - Helsingborg
    E3
    Denmark & ​​Sweden: Copenhagen - Kastrup - Malmö - HelsingborgAfter years of hard work, the new fixed cross-river connection over the Oresund between Denmark and Sweden opened in 2000. This 16-kilometer combination of tunnel and bridge gives road and train traffic the opportunity to cross this busy strait.
  • Austria: Salzburg - Schwarzach St. Veit - Spittal an der Drau - Villach - Klagenfurt
    E4
    Austria: Salzburg - Schwarzach St. Veit - Spittal an der Drau - Villach - KlagenfurtThe Tauern lift. From Salzburg, the train travels through the Gastein Valley to the Tauern Tunnel, a climb of more than 600 meters through narrow valleys, through tunnels and over viaducts. After the 8 km long tunnel, the line descends until it reaches Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia, on the banks of the Wörther See.
  • England: Exeter - Plymouth - Liskeard - Looe - St. Erth - Saint Ives - Penzance
    E5
    England: Exeter - Plymouth - Liskeard - Looe - St. Erth - Saint Ives - PenzanceThe story of the railroad through the West Country, the South West of England. The builder of the railroad through Devon and Cornwall, Brunel, was a strong proponent of the use of broad gauge and 'atmospheric power', a kind of air pressure that was to drive the train
  • Italy & Switzerland: Domodossola - Locarno
    E6
    Italy & Switzerland: Domodossola - LocarnoThe Centovali line through the hundred valleys, which connects the north of Italy and the south of Switzerland. It is a story of the mayor of Locarno, who wanted a railway line between the two major north-south lines in the Alps, the Simplon and the Gotthard line, Italy and Switzerland.

Cast of Season 7

  • Bob van der Houvenvoice-over

 

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