Rail Away
5.5
1996
Documentary
Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.
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- Cast:
- Bob van der Houven
Episode 13 : Norway
July. 12,2004
Through the snowy country the journey goes from Oslo to the pinnacle of Norwegian winter sports. Inaccessible for other traffic there is the famous Finnish hotel where the train is the only connection to the outside world.
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Episode 12 : United Kingdom
July. 08,2004
The railway through the Yorkshire Dales is proof of the stubbornness of an English entrepreneur, who defied the inhospitable area and the harsh climate to realize his dream; its own rail to Scotland. And still the trip is more than worth it.
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Episode 11 : India (Siliguri - Darjeeling)
July. 07,2004
Siliguri - Darjeeling
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Episode 10 : Switzerland (Zurich - Chiasso)
July. 06,2004
Across the Alps, only possible since the construction of the Gotthard railway line, a train journey gives a good impression of the Swiss country. When the new tunnel of seventy-one kilometers, which is currently being worked on, will be ready, little will be left of the fantastic view.
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Episode 9 : France
July. 05,2004
A train journey from Ajaccio, city of Napoleon, over the most mountainous, green, varied and most beautiful island of the Mediterranean. That is what Corsica is called and whoever takes the train there can see for themselves that nothing too much has been said.
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Episode 7 : Scotland (Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh)
June. 30,2004
A railway line was once built right through an almost deserted area, in a rugged nature with a harsh climate. The line runs along deep fjords from Inverness to Kyle or Lochalsh to islands like Skye on the west coast. This trip is still a fantastic way to experience Scotland.
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Episode 6 : Switzerland (Lucerne - Engelberg)
June. 29,2004
A railway of only thirty-three kilometers, which nevertheless guarantees the well-known variation of the Swiss landscape. The LSE Bahn takes travelers from Lucerne to the village of Engelberg at the end of a narrow valley surrounded by impressive mountain peaks.
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Episode 4 : India (Siliguri - Ghoom)
June. 24,2004
With the Toy Train from Siliguri to Darjeeling means a journey that brings passengers back to the primeval time of the track. A hundred-year-old steam engine pulls its wagons puffing and blowing through jungles and hills to end up in a toy station net, overlooking the Himalayas.
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Episode 3 : Scotland (Edinburgh - Inverness)
June. 23,2004
A trip from the Scottish capital Edinburgh over the world's largest railway bridge to the capital of the Highlands, Inverness. Before the capital of the Highlands is reached, travelers get a good idea of the wide variety that the Scottish landscape offers.
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Episode 2 : Switzerland (Interlaken - Lucerne)
June. 22,2004
A train journey on a narrow-gauge railway from Interlaken, which climbs from Meiringen over the steep Brunig Pass. The line then descends and runs along the banks of large Swiss lakes to Lucerne in the center of the country.
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Seasons
Season 5
Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.
Season 4
Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.
Season 3
Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.
Season 2
Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.
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