Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday, revealing the journey that changed the world.
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Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.
In this 200th year since the birth of the modern railway, train enthusiast and former politician Michael Portillo reveals how the first railways in Britain transformed the country.
