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- Season 12 Oxford to Abingdon
- Season 12 Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield
- Season 12 West Ruislip to Windsor
- Season 12 Guildford to Aldershot
- Season 12 Farnborough to Winchester
- Season 12 Saxmundham to Dedham
- Season 12 Colchester to Chadwell Heath
- Season 12 Potters Bar to Cardington
- Season 12 Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge
- Season 12 Newmarket to Walsingham
- Season 12 Crewe to Shotton
- Season 12 Rhyl to Anglesey
- Season 12 Bangor to Betws y Coed
- Season 12 Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth
- Season 12 Aberystwyth to Newtown
Great British Railway Journeys - Season 12 Episode 14 Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth
7.30 30 minutes In the Welsh mountains of Snowdonia, Michael Portillo reaches an abandoned mine, where in 1940 the wartime government sought sanctuary for the National Gallery’s priceless art collection. Michael hears how, as invasion appeared imminent, great masterpieces were transported by train and lorry to be stored hundreds of feet beneath the ground in a natural granite bunker.
At Tan y Bwlch, Michael meets 'Blanche', who used to haul slate at Penrhyn quarry and was built in 1893. Now beautifully restored, she takes Michael on a memorable ride on the oldest narrow-gauge line in the world, the Ffestiniog Railway.
In the harbour town of Porthmadog, Michael investigates the Welsh origins of a man forever associated with the Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia.
