The BEST episodes of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys season 6
Every episode of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys season 6!
On the right track Chris Tarrant explores some of the world's oldest and most scenic railway journeys.
#1 - Railways of the Somme
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/25/2019
The broadcaster returns, beginning by travelling across Europe to examine the train's role in the First World War. In Northumberland, he enjoys a ride on a preserved locomotive to find out how important the railways were to Britain for mobilisation of troops and the operation of large training camps around the country. Aboard a holiday train commandeered to transport troops and ammunition, Chris tells the stories of two opposing soldiers, one English and one German, who both took trains to the Somme in 1916.
#2 - Crossing the Emerald Isle
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/16/2019
Chris sets out on a mission to visit all four corners of Ireland in just six days, on an ageing network that has seen better days. His journey starts in the south-west at Cobh in Co Cork and his first stop is Blarney Castle, where Chris kisses the famous stone, before he heads to the west coast to ride on an old local line saved by an eccentric local millionaire. He heads to Dublin to visit the jail made famous by the Easter Rising, before ending in Belfast, where he ponders what the future may hold for the railways and for Ireland.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Last Train to Transylvania
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/2/2019
Boarding a train in Budapest, Chris takes a mid-winter trip through Transylvania in search of the truth behind the story of Dracula and to find out how well the region's railway networks - which were meticulously described in Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel - survived. Along the way he visits a place that is claimed to be the world's spookiest wood, stops off at the birthplace of the gruesome Vlad the Impaler and heads to Bucharest to look at the vast edifices of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Eastern Express
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/9/2019
Chris travels through Turkey, reflecting on the achievements of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - the founder of the republic who oversaw the modernisation of the country and its railways. He begins his journey at Istanbul railway station, the starting point ort he Marmaray rail tunnel, which passes beneath the Bosphorus and was built to withstand earthquakes. He also visits Ankara and the volcanic spires of Cappadocia, before heading deep into the mountains and ending in the remote borderlands city of Kars.
#5 - The Lunatic Express
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/23/2020
In Kenya, Chris explores the rapidly decaying “Lunatic Line” the most extraordinary railway project of the whole colonial era, that was famously troubled by mosquito infected swamps, hostile tribes, parched deserts and of course man-eating lions!