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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 2

Episode 11: Newcastle to Chester-le-Street

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo visits the first locomotive factory in the world, opened by George Stephenson, and searches for the lost pit village of Marsden. Show more

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