The World's Busiest Railway

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Saturday 1 March
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Season 1 Episode 2 of 4

Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn go behind the scenes at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to find out what role it plays in long distance travel across India. The station team have to service trains that can be more than 500 metres in length and Robert joins them to watch the quick turnaround in action. Dan goes behind the scenes with the teams who process more than 25,000 dirty sheets a day and ensure that everyone on board is fed and watered, while Anita takes a long distance sleeper across India to discover who is travellling and what the conditions are like on board. Plus, a look at one of the country's poshest trains, which costs £600 per night

The World's Busiest Railway airs on BBC Two Wales HD at 4:30 PM, Saturday 1 March. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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News ➝ Current Affairs
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Dan Snow
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Anita Rani
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Robert Llewellyn
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