They Destroyed Britain To Build This Railway | Walking Britain's Lost Railways | Documentary

To build the Great Central Railway, Victorian engineers destroyed 1300 homes and a church. This high-speed line was a marvel, and today its tunnels and stations are reborn as secret car testing tracks, a bowling alley, and a heritage railway.

Walking Britain's Lost Railways S03 E04
0:00 - A Victorian HS2 And The Great Central Railway
4:42 - Inside The Lost Nottingham Victoria Station
8:31 - The Dream Of A Victorian Channel Tunnel
10:50 - The Railway's Secret WWII Bomb Factory
14:46 - Rebuilding The Railway The Reunification Project
19:43 - The Vision For A Quadruple Track Mainline
24:21 - A Gentleman's Railway For Hunting And Royalty
30:52 - From A Lost Station To A Bowling Alley
37:02 - A Secret Car Testing Track In A Railway Tunnel
42:12 - The Legacy Of A Railway Ahead Of Its Time

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