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The Architecture the Railways Built is a British factual documentary series presented by the historian Tim Dunn, first broadcast in the United Kingdom from 28 April 2020 on Yesterday. Each episode explores railway sites across the UK and Europe, including historical, abandoned, modern and future elements. All episodes in series 1 to 3 have one featured location from Continental Europe; the rest of the featured locations in each episode are from the United Kingdom.

The series is a UKTV original, commissioned for Yesterday and produced by Brown Bob Productions. Two further series of ten episodes each were commissioned by UKTV in October 2020,^[2] with the sequel premiering on 19 January 2021, and the third series premiering on 13 September 2021.^[3] A fourth series was commissioned in 2022,^[4] with the first of ten episodes broadcast on 28 February 2023.^[5]

From 4 February 2025, BBC Four began showing Series 1 each weekday evening except Friday.

Following its success, Secrets of the London Underground, a programme of four series presented by Dunn, was broadcast from 2021.

Episodes

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	10	28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)	30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)
2	10	19 January 2021 (2021-01-19)	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)
3	10	13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	15 November 2021 (2021-11-15)
4	10	28 February 2023 (2023-02-28)	2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)

Series 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Featured locations	Original release date
1	1	“Down Street“	Down Street tube station Rotterdam Centraal station Bennerley Viaduct	28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)
2	2	“Ffestiniog“	Ffestiniog Railway Amsterdam Centraal station The Landmark Hotel, Marylebone	5 May 2020 (2020-05-05)
3	3	“King’s Cross“	King’s Cross station Clifton Rocks Railway Dartmouth station Göltzsch Viaduct	12 May 2020 (2020-05-12)
4	4	“Ribblehead“	Ribblehead Viaduct Settle–Carlisle line Surbiton station Hungerburgbahn	19 May 2020 (2020-05-19)
5	5	“Metroland“	Metro-land Great Malvern station Glacier Express	26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)
6	6	“St Pancras“	St Pancras station Midland Grand Hotel Castle Howard station Stoosbahn	2 June 2020 (2020-06-02)
7	7	“Snowdon“	Snowdon Mountain Railway Hafod Eryri Severn Bridge Junction signal box Strasbourg-Ville station	9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)
8	8	“Broadway“	55 Broadway Helsinki Central station Wolferton station Barmouth Bridge	16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)
9	9	“Stockton Darlington“	Stockton and Darlington Railway Hitachi Newton Aycliffe Chappel Viaduct Stockholm metro	23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)
10	10	“Swindon“	Swindon railway village Jubilee Line Extension Milano Centrale station	30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)

Series 2 (2021)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Featured locations	Original release date
11	1	“Wemyss Bay“	Wemyss Bay station Blackfriars station São Bento station	19 January 2021 (2021-01-19)
12	2	“Royal Albert Bridge“	Royal Albert Bridge Saltash station Wolverhampton Low and High Level stations Gällivare station	26 January 2021 (2021-01-26)
13	3	“Windsor“	Connel Bridge Windsor & Eton Central and Riverside stations Gniezno locomotive depot	2 February 2021 (2021-02-02)
14	4	“Piccadilly Line“	Piccadilly line Extension Plzeň station Causey Arch	9 February 2021 (2021-02-09)
15	5	“Lynton“	Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Catesby Tunnel Leipzig station	16 February 2021 (2021-02-16)
16	6	“Barrow Hill“	Barrow Hill Roundhouse Bath Green Park and Bath Spa stations Łódź Fabryczna station	23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)
17	7	“Sheffield“	Sheffield station Bennerley Viaduct (revisit) Lisbon Orient station	2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)
18	8	“Bristol“	Bristol Temple Meads station Southend Pier Railway Haapsalu station	9 March 2021 (2021-03-09)
19	9	“Huddersfield“	Huddersfield station Hohenzollern Bridge Midland Hotel Morecambe Promenade station	16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)
20	10	“Wingfield“	Wingfield station Welland Viaduct Malmö Central station and City Tunnel	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)

Series 3 (2021)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Featured locations	Original release date
21	1	“Newcastle“	Newcastle Central station and High Level Bridge Ballochmyle and Laigh Milton Viaducts Oberweißbacher Bergbahn	13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)
22	2	“Wharncliffe“	Wharncliffe Viaduct Three Bridges Ballater station Rossio station Brentford Dock	20 September 2021 (2021-09-20)
23	3	“Charing Cross“	Charing Cross station Hungerford Bridge Borås Central station Ordsall Chord	27 September 2021 (2021-09-27)
24	4	“Bramhope Tunnel“	Bramhope Tunnel Dresden Hauptbahnhof Fawley Hill	4 October 2021 (2021-10-04)
25	5	“Saltburn“	Saltburn-by-the-Sea Brislington tram depot Aleksandrów Kujawski station	11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)
26	6	“Bishopstone“	Bishopstone station Stockholm Central station Selby Diversion	18 October 2021 (2021-10-18)
27	7	“Greenwich“	London and Greenwich Railway Žampach Viaduct Alnwick station	25 October 2021 (2021-10-25)
28	8	“North Staffordshire“	North Staffordshire Railway Company and Stoke station Byker Viaduct Elbląg Canal	1 November 2021 (2021-11-01)
29	9	“Ramsgate“	Margate and Ramsgate stations Dom Luís I Bridge Mail Rail	8 November 2021 (2021-11-08)
30	10	“Curzon Street“	Birmingham Curzon Street Station Copenhagen Metro Bekonscot model village	15 November 2021 (2021-11-15)

Series 4 (2023)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Featured locations	Original release date
31	1	“Forth Bridge“	Forth Rail Bridge Euston Arch Goathland station	28 February 2023 (2023-02-28)
32	2	“Manchester“	Castlefield Viaduct Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Mayfield stations National Railway Museum Reading Station	7 March 2023 (2023-03-07)
33	3	“Channel Tunnel“	Channel Tunnel Ashford International National Railway Museum Folkestone Harbour station	14 March 2023 (2023-03-14)
34	4	“London Bridge“	London Bridge station National Railway Museum Knaresborough Viaduct and station	21 March 2023 (2023-03-21)
35	5	“Coventry“	Coventry station Scarborough funiculars Network Rail Archives	28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)
36	6	“Edinburgh“	Goole railway swing bridge Edinburgh Waverley station	4 April 2023 (2023-04-04)
37	7	“Lincoln“	Lincoln station Lincoln St. Marks station Birmingham New Street signal box Network Rail Archives	11 April 2023 (2023-04-11)
38	8	“South Devon“	Starcross engine house South Devon sea wall Wingfield station (revisit) National Railway Museum Meldon Viaduct Okehampton station	18 April 2023 (2023-04-18)
39	9	“Leeds“	Hunslet Engine Company Middleton Railway National Railway Museum Neville Hill Halifax station	25 April 2023 (2023-04-25)
40	10	“Hull“	Hull Paragon station Network Rail Archives Leamington Spa station Hull Victoria Pier station	2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)

References

^ “The Architecture the Railways Built | Yesterday Channel”. yesterday.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ “The Architecture The Railways Built to return for a new series”. World of Railways. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^ “The Architecture the Railways Built returns for a third TV series”. www.ianvisits.co.uk. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ Holden, Michael (17 August 2022). “UKTV commissions fourth series of Tim Dunn’s The Architecture The Railways Built”. RailAdvent. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ “The Architecture the Railways Built returns for its 4th series”. ianVisits. 7 February 2023.

External links

[rdp-we-cite_note-1] “The Architecture the Railways Built | Yesterday Channel”. yesterday.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[rdp-we-cite_note-brm-2] “The Architecture The Railways Built to return for a new series”. World of Railways. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[rdp-we-cite_note-3] “The Architecture the Railways Built returns for a third TV series”. www.ianvisits.co.uk. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

[rdp-we-cite_note-4] Holden, Michael (17 August 2022). “UKTV commissions fourth series of Tim Dunn’s The Architecture The Railways Built”. RailAdvent. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[rdp-we-cite_note-5] “The Architecture the Railways Built returns for its 4th series”. ianVisits. 7 February 2023.

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