Mumbai Railway
TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

Dan Snow, Anita Rani, Robert Llewellyn and John Sergeant travel to India to explore the science behind the systems running the world's busiest railway from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. The team meets the people who keep the large transport structure organised and on time. However, even on a good day, the commuter trains have up to 14 people crushed into a square metre; Snow, Rani and Llewellyn experience this first hand as they travel in carriages twice as packed as most busy UK trains. Elsewhere, Sergeant discovers more about India's historical connection with teas and trains at Darjeeling's steam-powered hill railway.

2015 · 59m
Starring Anita Rani, Dan Snow, Robert Llewellyn

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Mumbai Railway
    Dan, Anita and Robert try commuting Mumbai-style, tackling `super dense crush load' on the world's busiest commuter trains. John Sergeant heads to Darjeeling's steam-powered hill railway and reveals the historical connection between tea and trains.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Mumbai Railway
    Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn examine the role the station plays in long distance travel across India. The country's rail passengers travel 3 million km every day, that's the distance to the moon and back, 4 times. Anita joins passengers on a long distance sleeper across India, to discover who's travelling, what they pay for their tickets and what conditions are like on board.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Mumbai Railway
    Dan Snow, Anita Rani, Robert Llewellyn and John Sergeant go behind the scenes to reveal the hidden areas of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station unseen by commuters. Robert visits a city-sized repair facility where, every 18 months, train carriages are given their version of an MOT.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Mumbai Railway
    Dan Snow, Anita Rani, Robert Llewellyn and John Sergeant consider the challenges faced by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai and ask what the future holds. Nine people a day die on Mumbai's railway lines. Anita tackles the railway's head of safety on the measures they're taking to reduce this fatality rate.
    45 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Anita Rani
    Host
  • Dan Snow
    Host
  • Robert Llewellyn
    Host
  • John Sergeant
    Host
  • L‌A
    Lisa Ausden
    Producer
  • A‌L
    Amanda Lyon
    Producer

About

Mumbai Railway

Documentary

Dan Snow, Anita Rani, Robert Llewellyn and John Sergeant travel to India to explore the science behind the systems running the world's busiest railway from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. The team meets the people who keep the large transport structure organised and on time. However, even on a good day, the commuter trains have up to 14 people crushed into a square metre; Snow, Rani and Llewellyn experience this first hand as they travel in carriages twice as packed as most busy UK trains. Elsewhere, Sergeant discovers more about India's historical connection with teas and trains at Darjeeling's steam-powered hill railway.

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2015
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