Rail Away
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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Season 1
13 episodes
Premiered Jan 6, 1996
Season 2
13 episodes
Premiered Dec 3, 1997
Season 3
13 episodes
Premiered Sep 1, 1998
Season 4
13 episodes
Premiered Aug 30, 1999
Season 5
5 episodes
Premiered Jan 3, 2000
Season 6
8 episodes
Premiered Nov 15, 2000
Season 7
6 episodes
Premiered Apr 18, 2001
Season 8
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 11, 2001
Season 9
13 episodes
Premiered May 30, 2002
Season 10
13 episodes
Premiered Jun 21, 2004
Season 11
10 episodes
Premiered Jul 1, 2005
Season 12
15 episodes
Premiered Jul 31, 2006
Season 13
8 episodes
Premiered Jan 22, 2008
Season 14
4 episodes
Premiered Apr 28, 2009
Season 15
11 episodes
Premiered Sep 22, 2009
Season 16
5 episodes
Premiered May 11, 2010
Season 17
3 episodes
Premiered Dec 4, 2010
Season 18
4 episodes
Premiered Apr 5, 2012
Season 19
2 episodes
Premiered Dec 12, 2012
Season 20
3 episodes
Premiered Apr 10, 2013
Season 21
3 episodes
Premiered Dec 4, 2013
Season 22
2 episodes
Premiered Feb 14, 2014
Season 23
5 episodes
Premiered Aug 25, 2014
Season 24
4 episodes
Premiered Jan 19, 2015
Season 25
10 episodes
Premiered Dec 28, 2015
Season 26
15 episodes
Premiered Aug 8, 2016
Season 27
21 episodes
Premiered Jan 2, 2017
Season 28
5 episodes
Premiered Jan 8, 2018
Season 29
2 episodes
Premiered Jan 11, 2019
Season 30
7 episodes
Premiered Jan 6, 2020
Season 31
5 episodes
Premiered Dec 28, 2020
Season 32
5 episodes
Premiered Dec 27, 2021
Season 33
10 episodes
Premiered Dec 26, 2022
Season 34
7 episodes
Premiered Dec 29, 2023
Season 35
4 episodes
Premiered May 13, 2024
Season 36
2 episodes
Premiered Aug 24, 2024
Season 37
12 episodes
Premiered Dec 23, 2024
Ep 1United States: Manitou - Pikes Peak & Denver - Glenwood Springs & Georgetown - Silver Plume
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.
Portugal: Pinhão - Peso da Régua - Lousado - Porto
"The interplay between rail and river." That is the theme of the tour along the Douro. The Douro valley is world famous for its port. In the past, port boats sailed along this river to the city of Porto. Now trains, both modern and antique locs, perform this task.
Sri Lanka: Galle - Hikkaduwa - Colombo - Kandy - Nanu Oya
The rails wind their way through the humid tropics to beautiful temples and busy cities, including the capital Colombo. An old steam locomotive collapses during a mountain trip, where travelers come face to face with a herd of bathing elephants.
Ep 4Denmark & Sweden: Kopenhagen - Helsingborg - Göteborg - Stockholm - Luleå
179/5000 In this episode a train journey through Denmark and Sweden. The journey runs from the Danish capital Copenhagen to the Swedish port of Helsingborg, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Lulea.
Ep 5Eastern & Oriental Express: Singapore - Butterworth - Penang - Bangkok - River Kwai - Ayutthaya
The Eastern & Oriental Express makes a journey of more than 3500 kilometers through Southeast Asia, from Singapore to Bangkok. It is one of the world's most luxurious train routes. The final destination of this trip is the bridge over the River Kwai.
Ep 6Orient-Express: London - Folkestone - Boulogne - Paris - Interlaken - Jungfraujoch - Venice
The train of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot. This extremely luxurious train was the favorite means of transport for the rich to travel from London to Venice for a century. After a restoration a few years ago, the train was fully restored to its former glory.
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