Do We Really Need the Railways?

Horizon takes a realistic look at the new ideas and technology threatening Britain's railway system.

Other episodes for this season

Epidemic
Episode 1 - Epidemic
Worlds in Collision
Episode 2 - Worlds in Collision
The Military Necessity
Episode 3 - The Military Necessity
The Curtain of Silence
Episode 4 - The Curtain of Silence
Crime Lab
Episode 5 - Crime Lab
When the Breeding Has to Stop
Episode 6 - When the Breeding Has to...
Science Is Dead, Long Live Science
Episode 7 - Science Is Dead, Long Liv...
...And Where Will the Children Play?
Episode 8 - ...And Where Will the Chi...
Acupuncture: A Chinese Puzzle
Episode 9 - Acupuncture: A Chinese Pu...
What Time Is Your Body?
Episode 10 - What Time Is Your Body?
Survival of the Weakest
Episode 11 - Survival of the Weakest
Red Sea Coral and the Crown of Thorns
Episode 12 - Red Sea Coral and the Cro...
Lumbered... with Back-Ache!
Episode 13 - Lumbered... with Back-Ach...
Airport
Episode 14 - Airport
Do You Remember the Memory Man?
Episode 15 - Do You Remember the Memor...
What a Waste!
Episode 16 - What a Waste!
The Laws of the Land
Episode 17 - The Laws of the Land
Do We Really Need the Railways?
Episode 18 - Do We Really Need the Railways?
The Telly of Tomorrow?
Episode 19 - The Telly of Tomorrow?
How Does It Hurt?
Episode 20 - How Does It Hurt?
A Scientist Looks at Religion
Episode 21 - A Scientist Looks at Reli...
In Search of Konrad Lorenz
Episode 22 - In Search of Konrad Loren...
Stretch Up Tall
Episode 23 - Stretch Up Tall
Gilding the Lily
Episode 24 - Gilding the Lily
The Black Holes of Gravity
Episode 25 - The Black Holes of Gravit...
What's so Big About Us?
Episode 26 - What's so Big About Us?
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Episode 27 - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Carry on Smoking
Episode 28 - Carry on Smoking
Air Crash Detective
Episode 29 - Air Crash Detective
An Element of Mystery
Episode 30 - An Element of Mystery
Digging Up the Future
Episode 31 - Digging Up the Future
Kula, a Reason for Giving
Episode 32 - Kula, a Reason for Giving