Inside the Factory - Season 7 - Eps 10: Trains
How Alstom builds a 187-tonne, five-carriage electric train on their 84-acre site in Derby. How the train's aluminium is made at the UK's last remaining smelter in Scotland. How tunnel boring machines are digging ten miles through the hills for the new HS2 line. The history of the UK’s first electric train - Brighton's seafront tourist train, still used today - and how that technology went on to be used in underground transportation all over the world.
About Inside the Factory
Title: Inside the Factory
First Air Date: 2015-05-05
Last Air Date: 2025-02-04
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.692/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 10
Total Episodes: 69
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Voltage TV
Synopsis
Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey get exclusive access to some of the largest factories in Britain to reveal the secrets behind production on an epic scale.
Cast
Paddy McGuinness
Self - Presenter
Cherry Healey
Self - Presenter
Ruth Goodman
Self - Presenter
