Name: World's Most Dangerous Railway Lines
Released: 2021-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Travel

The most dangerous railway lines in the world are breathtakingly beautiful, fascinating and lead through extreme landscapes. They touch the sky and for some they go straight to hell afterwards, leading over extreme heights, across oceans or savannahs and braving hurricanes.

2021 · 52m

Director Marita Neher

EPISODE 1

The Bernina Express, Suisse

Over 196 bridges and through 55 tunnels, the Bernina Express fights its way from Switzerland to Italy. Powerful forces of nature make the railway line a dangerous route over the Grisons Alps to this day.
EPISODE 2

The Tazara,Tanzania - Zambia

We accompany the Tazara on its 52-hour journey through Tanzania and Zambia as it passes architectural monuments and explores unknown sides of the previously hidden landscapes of East Africa.
EPISODE 3

The Train to the Clouds, Argentina

In northern Argentina, the Tren a las Nubes or the cloud train, crosses dizzying viaducts and deep valleys. At an altitude of over 4000 metres, what was once the highest railway, runs past cactus forests and into the driest desert in the world.
EPISODE 5

The Pamban Railway, India

The Pamban Railway crosses the tropical landscape of Tamil Nadu, the former Madras, for around 600 kilometres. Heavy storms and rain showers make the route a challenge for Indian Railways to this day.