The BEST episodes of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys season 5

Every episode of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys season 5!

On the right track Chris Tarrant explores some of the world's oldest and most scenic railway journeys.

Last Updated: 12/11/2024Network: Channel 5Status: Ended
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7.75
8 votes

#1 - A Journey Too Far?

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2019

Chris Tarrant embarks on a journey across Ukraine, where he meets a soldier from the ongoing civil war and visits Chernobyl.

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7.60
10 votes

#2 - The Train in Spain

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2019

In this episode, Chris embarks on a thousand mile journey across Spain’s complex railway system, from Gibraltar in the far south to Bermio on the north coast, deep in Basque Country. Travelling on an extraordinary range of different trains and types of track, he’s on a mission to find out how Spanish railways evolved from some of the most backward in Europe to the most advanced and innovative in the World, through one and a half centuries of stormy history, including the Civil War and four dark decades of the Franco dictatorship.

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7.17
6 votes

#3 - The Reunification Express

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2019

Chris travels the entire length of Vietnam's Reunification Line, from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to Hanoi in the north. His first stop is Di An, where he learns about an ambitious heritage project that reflects the country's increasing engagement with its history, before heading to some of the key locations of the Vietnam war, including Da Nang Beach and the Viet Cong tunnels.

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7.14
7 votes

#4 - Conquering the Alps

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2019

Chris heads to the Alps to ride on six pioneering mountain railways. It’s the middle of winter, with snow and ice constantly threatening to derail his journey, as he crosses Austria and Switzerland on ever higher and higher railways to find out how and why these extraordinary lines were built. Along the way he faces some terrifying 19th Century winter sports and a climb up the North Face of the Eiger. Will Chris conquer the Alps? Or will they conquer him?

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