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The railway is here. What a change Britain was about to see! A herald of a new age, and new way of life. Something new in human history. This episode covers;

• The English landscape and the train 1820-1840.

• Early trains & popular .

• Economic impacts.

• Canal and coach monopolies.

• Slum clearance & Agar Town.

• A riot in Basingstoke.

• Triumph of the railways.

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