← Impossible Railways

Season 2

7 episodes · 2019

  1. 1Extreme Wilderness

    12 Feb 2019 · 45 min

    The wilderness lines that have pushed the frontiers of human endeavour into previously unknown territories, solving a set of complex problems along the way.

  2. 2Building Bridges

    19 Feb 2019 · 45 min

    Since their rise in the 19th Century, railways have been at the forefront of modern engineering and transport, conquering dizzying altitudes, wilderness, seas and cities.

  3. 3Into the Blue

    26 Feb 2019 · 45 min

    Engineering that has overcome some of the greatest mountain ranges to create innovative railways, including a tunnel in the Swiss Alps and a zig-zag railway in Ecuador.

  4. 4City Limits

    05 Mar 2019 · 45 min

    How some of our greatest railways have challenged engineering's finest minds in their efforts to conquer the planet's waterways, including a tunnel beneath the English Channel.

  5. 5Full Throttle

    12 Mar 2019 · 45 min

    A look at the planet's most incredible metropolitan railways, and how they help people solve distinctly urban problems. Including a project to upgrade New York's transit system.

  6. 6The Sky's the Limitfinale

    19 Mar 2019 · 45 min

    The engineering breakthroughs that allow trains to go faster than ever thought possible, including technology that allows trains to navigate the winding mountains of Spain at speed.

  7. 7Episode 7

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