In Manchester's Castlefield area, Tim discovers how viaducts still dominate the cityscape. In Reading, a railway station is transformed and ready for the commuter challenges of the 21st century.
Tim goes deep beneath the waves to explore the Channel Tunnel, stopping off at Ashford International to take in this piece of 90s railway architecture.
Tim gets to grips with his local station London Bridge, meeting the architects who turned this one-time Frankenstein's monster of a station into the bright, airy and tranquil modern terminus.
Tim visits the striking post-war Coventry station. In Scarborough he discovers the birthplace of Britain's funicular railways. And in a TV first, Tim delves into Network Rail's archives.
Tim explores railway ingenuity at Goole swing bridge in Yorkshire and takes in Edinburgh Waverley from roof to underground vaults. At the National Railway Museum learns how railways demarked their land.
