The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys

Name: The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-09-02
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Andrew Martin, Jimmy James, Alan Bennett

Episode aired Sep 2, 2015

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Author and railway enthusiast Andrew Martin travels the route of three famous named trains from bygone days, the Cornish Riviera Express, the Flying Scotsman, and the Brighton Belle, to exam... Read allAuthor and railway enthusiast Andrew Martin travels the route of three famous named trains from bygone days, the Cornish Riviera Express, the Flying Scotsman, and the Brighton Belle, to examine why we used to name trains, and why express trains of today no longer provide the leve... Read allAuthor and railway enthusiast Andrew Martin travels the route of three famous named trains from bygone days, the Cornish Riviera Express, the Flying Scotsman, and the Brighton Belle, to examine why we used to name trains, and why express trains of today no longer provide the level of luxury VIP service that they used to.

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Andrew Martin

Self - Presenter

Jimmy James

Self - Rail Enthusiast

Alan Bennett

Self - Rail Historian

Bob Gwynne

Self - Curator, National Railway Museum

Neil Marshall

Self - Chairman, Brighton Belle Trust

Don Hitchens

Self - Driver, The Brighton Belle

Laurence Olivier

Self
(archive footage)
(as Baron Olivier)

John Clements

Self
(archive footage)
(as Sir John Clements CBE)

Joseph Wallace King

Self
(archive footage)

Director
- Merryn Threadgold
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- Andrew Martin
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When Andrew Martin is talking about the "Race to the North" between the LMS and the LNER railway companies, he correctly describes "the West Coast route" and "the East Coast route". A map is shown on which two routes are displayed. However the more westerly one is the Midland Main Line, which runs up the middle of the country, not the LNWR (West Coast) Main Line. LMS trains on the "Race to the North" always used the West Coast Main Line as it was quicker.

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[at Paddington, waiting for the Cornish Riviera to depart]
Andrew Martin: Today there is the normal scrimmage around the departure boards because no-one yet knows from which platform the train will leave. I'm one step ahead, however. The guidebook, produced in 1924 for people travelling to the Cornish Riviera, begins "No need to ask which platform for the Cornish Riviera Express - it's Number 1, every time". Platform 1 was always the pre-eminent platform for this station, reserved for the important trains.
[later]
Station Announcer: [on Tannoy] Platform 8 for the Cornish Riviera Express.
Andrew Martin: [wryly] Platform 8? That's a demotion. Serves me right for having a guidebook that's ninety years old.