WALKING BRITAIN'S LOST RAILWAYS Channel 5, 8pm

Published date27 November 2020
Date27 November 2020
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
"Every lost railway has its own story to tell," says the presenter, who is also an adventurer and engineer.

In the series he explores all the rail routes that made

Britain's railways the envy of the world.

The country once boasted twenty thousand miles of track, but in the course of the past century, almost half the network has disappeared, along with over 5,000 railway stations.

First he heads to North Devon, where the now-defunct lines once unlocked the wild coastline, packed out worldclass beaches, conquered Exmoor and laid...

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