How Trains Changed the World

2018
How Trains Changed the World

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EP1 Power and Empire: The Great Arteries Nov 26, 2018

One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?

EP2 The Great Workhorses: Trains That Move Loads Dec 03, 2018

From the Channel Tunnel to carrying iron ore in the Australian Outback, experts discuss the history and the future of freight trains.

EP3 Express Trains That Link Cities Dec 10, 2018

Intended as an efficient, economical way of moving freight, the emergence of express trains revolutionised society with the demand for fast travel.

EP4 The Commute: Trains That Make Cities Dec 17, 2018

The world's 10 busiest metro systems carry more than 22 billion passengers every year. How has the train shaped cities - and changed the world?

EP5 Trains and War: Weapons and Logistics Dec 24, 2018

As weapons and transport, trains transformed the battlefield - from huge railway guns and hospital trains to those taking victims to death camps.

EP6 The Love of Trains: Power, Prestige and Romance Dec 31, 2018

Trains have changed the way people see the world - and each other. What is it that makes them so special?
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The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods and population, the design of cities, to conquest and warfare, there are few aspects of civilization that were left untouched by these machines.

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