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Indian Locomotion

on BBC Radio 4 FM

On a journey from Bombayto Calcutta, Mark Tully celebrates the 150th anniversary of Indian railways with the drivers, caterers, ticket collectors, attendants and fellow travellers taking this modern trip in the shadow of the Imperial Indian Mail.
2: "Leave Woman, Food and Sleep. " It's a tough life for an Indian railwayman, travelling up and down nearly 40,000 miles oftrack, but there's a sense of adventure, fun and family feeling among both staff and travellers which makes the longest journeys in India so different from their British equivalents. Producer Vanessa Harrison

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