All aboard! Armed with his trusty Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo explores the UK the railways made. Uncover hidden gems and fascinating communities from across the nation.

Presenter Michael Portillo, a British journalist, travels the railways throughout England using George Bradshaw's maps to compare 1840s-era Britain to modern-day Britain. Michael Portillo starts ...

Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street. Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas and produces a fine heritage cheese. We’re sorry, the information you’re ...

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us ...

Passengers are set to pay as much as £90 for rail replacement bus tickets this Christmas as more cancellations are set to hit the British rail ... Most of the available journeys on that day ...