The Architecture The Railways Built

2020•4 series

Available on U&Yesterday

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 made up of simple stone buildings, decorative Victorian grandeur, and striking glass and concrete structures, but he doesn't stop at visiting stations, as he explores every structure which owes its existence to the railway, including viaducts, railway hotels, tunnels, and the less obvious buildings such as homes, swimming pools, and Turkish baths.

Episode 1Forth Bridge

Tim heads north of the border to scale a Scottish railway icon - the Forth Bridge, without doubt one of the engineering wonders of the world.

Episode 3Channel Tunnel

Tim explores the Channel Tunnel, stopping off at Ashford International to take in this underappreciated piece of 90s railway architecture.

Episode 4London Bridge

Tim Dunn gets to grips with his local station - London Bridge, meeting the architects who turned this station into a bright, airy and tranquil modern terminus.

Episode 5Coventry

Tim Dunn has the rare privilege of seeing a striking post war Coventry station, through the eyes of its architect, 96 year-old Derrick Shorten.

Episode 7Lincoln

Tim Dunn discovers how two competing Victorian railway companies shaped the city of Lincoln.

Episode 8South Devon

Tim Dunn revisits his childhood holiday haunts in South Devon, following the route of Brunel's experimental atmospheric railway.

Episode 10Hull

Tim Dunn explores beautiful Hull Paragon station and finds out how Royal Leamington Spa got a wonderful art deco station.

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