How to Fix a Railway

Mar 7, 2023

0h 59m

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Overview

A multibillion-pound investment is underway to make our railways bigger, better and faster. Over three years, we go behind the scenes with Wales’s newest rail body as they try to make ambitious promises a reality.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC Cymru Wales

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Speirs

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