Amazing Railway Adventures Nick Knowles

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Amazing Railway Adventures Nick Knowles

Nick Knowles is going on the railway journey of a lifetime across the extraordinary landscapes of Peru to magical Machu Picchu. Starting at Puno on Lake Titicaca, Nick's journey takes him to the highest point on this railway line (and the fourth highest train station in the worl...

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Season 1
Nick Knowles' journey begins at dawn in snowy Anchorage and takes him due north to the USA's coldest city, Fairbanks, taking in the mighty Matanuska Glacier on the way. Arriving with the first snowfall of winter, Nick sets off on his 12-hour trip as dawn is breaking, giving sun-tinged views of the snow-capped mountain lini...
In Malaysia, Nick Knowles takes three train journeys: first a short hop to the Batu Caves with their famous rainbow-painted steps, then the jungle train from Mentakab to Gua Musang, taking in an elephant sanctuary, and finally the high-speed mainline from arty Ipoh to cosmopolitan Penang.
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From Lao Cai on the Chinese border, via the misty mountains around Sa Pa, Nick Knowles is heading south on a sleeper train to bustling Hanoi. From there he travels on to the port at Haiphong, gateway to beautiful Ha Long Bay.
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From the Viking capital of Trondheim, through tree-lined fjords and snow-capped mountain scenery, Nick Knowles travels north through pretty Mosjoen with its brightly painted wooden waterfront houses to the coastal city of Bodo. A statue of the famous Viking seafarer Lief Erikson overlooks the seafront at Trondheim where Ni...
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From Los Mochis in Sinaloa to Creel in Chihuahua, Nick Knowles' railway adventure across Mexico is jam-packed with incredible sights and people. Nick Knowles is on a railway journey of a lifetime across Mexico on a route from the Pacific coastline at Sinaloa through the incredible Copper Canyon to Creel in Chihuahua. Befor...
Season 2
Nick Knowles travels from the Alps to the Adriatic in another entertaining railway adventure as he journeys by train through the breath-taking scenery of Slovenia and Croatia.
Nick's train leaves from Tangier in Morocco and it's a special one: Al Boraq, which speeds along the high-speed line, making its way down the west coast.
For his latest railway adventure Nick is in Romania, undertaking a journey he’s dubbed The Transylvania Express. It begins in Cluj-Napoca, the Transylvanian capital, with a train to the disused salt mine of Salina Turda.
Nick nicknames his new adventure 'The Volcano Express' as he is travelling from Mount Vesuvius to Mount Etna on a journey from Naples to Sicily.
Nick's journey begins in Prague, where he learns about the city's remarkable 600-year-old astronomical clock from its keeper.Departing from Prague, he talks to a Dvorak expert who reveals the Czech composer was a huge fan of trains, dropping into the railway station in Prague almost every day
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