Great Continental Railway Journeys
Amsterdam to Northern France
Season 1 Episode 5 of 5
Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Holland and Belgium, before travelling to the French sector of the Western Front. He ends his journey in the Forest of Compiegne in northern France to hear how the First World War armistice was signed in a railway carriage
Great Continental Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 12:00 PM, Thursday 14 November. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Michelle Heeley
Series Producer