Railways: The Making of a Nation

BBC Four

7:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Wednesday 1 October

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Liz McIvor presents a documentary examining excursion trains, which became popular from the 1840s onwards, with tourists taking day trips and holidays, and seeing parts of the country they had never seen before. Some trains were set up to satisfy the demand to witness public executions, whereas others transported people to horse racing and sporting events. Working-class northerners had access to the Lake District, however Lakeland resident William Wordsworth was initially unhappy about the new visitors