The railway is here. What a change Britain was about to see! A herald of a new age, and new way of life. Something new in human history. This episode covers;

The English landscape and the train 1820-1840.

Early trains & popular .

Economic impacts.

Canal and coach monopolies.

Slum clearance & Agar Town.

A riot in Basingstoke.

Triumph of the railways.

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