Amazing Train Journeys (original title in French: Des trains pas comme les autres) is a French documentary series created by François Gall and Bernard d'Abrigeon, broadcast since 12 January 1987 on , and after . Some episodes were rebroadcast since 2006 on , that relaunched the series on 4 April with a new format presented by Philippe Gougler.

History The show, created and produced by François Gall et Bernard d'Abrigeon, was broadcast since 12 January 1987 on , and after on .

In July 2011, the channel decided to relaunch the program with a new formula: the show was presented by an on-screen journalist, Philippe Gougler, who follows a real railway journey and meets train users.

For Philippe Gougler, also co-author of the documentaries, the goal was to be less "contemplative and heritage" and to give a "human dimension", curious, sensitive and caring, through meetings, "attention given to the other" and the presence of a facilitator on the ground..

Episodes

First form (1987–2005) +List of the 58 episodes of the first form. Episode Title Destination(s) First released Channel 1 Le Canada: d'un océan à l'autre Canada 12 January 1987 2 L'Inde: quatre milliards de voyageurs India 19 January 1987 3 Norvège, Suède: l'Express du soleil de minuit Norway, Sweden 26 January 1987 4 Japon: les trains obus Japan 1 February 1989 5 Congo-Océan Republic of the Congo 8 February 1989 6 Russie: Transsibérien Russia 14 July 1991 7 Australie: l'Indian Pacific Australia 28 July 1991 8 Thaïlande, Malaisie, Singapour Express Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore 4 August 1991 9 Turquie: Trans-Europe-Asie Turkey 11 August 1991 10 Égypte: Trains et pharaons Egypt 18 August 1991 11 Viêt Nam: du Nord au Sud Vietnam 25 August 1991 12 Mexique: des trains et des dieux Mexico 1 September 1991 13 États-Unis: de l'Atlantique au Pacifique United States 8 September 1991 14 Kenya: Safari Pacifique Kenya 9 July 1992 15 Équateur: des Andes aux Galápagos Ecuador 16 July 1992 16 Corée du Sud South Korea 30 July 1992 17/18 Indonésie: de Java à Bali Indonesia 26 August 1993 19/20 Chine du Nord, Chine du Sud China 2 September 1993 21/22 Au pays des Incas Peru, Bolivia 3 August 1995 23 Maroc Morocco 24 August 1995 24/25 Birmanie: Myanmar Burma 31 August 1995 26/27 Au sud de l'Inde India 3 July 1997 28/29 Sicile Italy 10 July 1997 30/31 Italie du Nord : L'Orient-Express, Florence, Venise et la Toscane Italy 31 July 1997 31 De l'Éthiopie à Djibouti Ethiopia 21 August 1997 32/33 Brésil: Rio de Janeiro Brazil 28 August 1997 34/35 L'Afrique du Sud: de Pretoria au Cap, de Johannesburg au Parc Krüger South Africa 24 June 1999 36/37 Argentine, Paraguay: des chutes d'Iguazú à la Terre de Feu Argentina, Paraguay 30 July 2000 38/39 Syrie, Jordanie: de l'Oasis de Palmyre au désert de Wadi-rum Syria, Jordan 3 August 2000 40 Grèce Greece 13 August 200041Les trains de luxe en Orient27 August 2000 42/43 Baltique express: de Saint-Pétersbourg à Tallinn, de Riga à Varsovie Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland 22 December 2001 44/45 France: petits trains, grande passion France 17 May 2003 46 Andalousie Spain 3 August 2003 47/48 Trains de luxe en Asie: au nord de l’Inde, de Singapour en Thaïlande India, Singapore, Thailand 10 August 2003 49 Iran Iran 1er August 2004 50/51 Tunisie Tunisia 20 August 2005 52 En Europe à toute vapeur Switzerland, Wales, Belgium, Germany 2 September 2006 53/54 Portugal Portugal 7 July 2007 55/56 Pékin et la route de la soie China 2 August 2008 57/58 Écosse: hier et aujourd'hui, les hautes terres Scotland 30 August 2008

Second form (since 2011) +List of episodes of second formEpisodeDestinationFirst releaseChannel1 (59)Vietnam2 (60)Cuba3 (61)South India4 (62)Peru5 (63)North India1 (64)Thailand2 (65)Bolivia3 (66)Turkey4 (67)Romania5 (68)Malaysia6 (69)Argentina1 (70)Burma2 (71)South Africa3 (72)Brazil4 (73)Philippines5 (74)United States6 (75)Madagascar1 (76)Sri Lanka2 (77)Morocco3 (78)Japan4 (79)Tanzania5 (80)New Zealand6 (81)Greece1 (82)Brazil2 (83)Norway3 (84)Australia4 (85)Hong Kong5 (86)Scotland1 (87)Zimbabwe – Zambia2 (88)South Korea3 (89)Italy South4 (90)Sweden Lapland5 (91)Mongolia1 (92)Indonesia2 (93)Finland3 (94)Chile4 (95)Russia 1/2: "From Saint Petersbourg to Moscow"5 (96)Switzerland (summer)6 (97)Italy North, from Genoa to Venice7 (98)Russia 2/2: "De Moscow to Lake Baikal"1 (99)Namibia2 (100)Colombia3 (101)Canada4 (102)Spain5 (103)Ireland6 (104)Taiwan7 (105)Portugal1 (106)Switzerland (winter)2 (107)Ecuador3 (108)Cambodia4 (109)Albania5 (110)Tunisia6 (111)England7 (112)Costa Rica1 (113)Ethiopia2 (114)Austria3 (115)Panama4 (116)Denmark5 (117)Georgia1 (118)Mauritania2 (119)Croatia3 (120)Colombia4 (121)Sweden5 (122)Kenya (first part)6 (123)Kenya (second part)7 (124)Uzbekistan8 (125)Lithuania1 (126)Guatemala2 (127)Italy3 (128)Dominican Republic4 (129)Siberia5 (130)Greece August 20226 (131)Mexico August 20227 (132)Norway (first part)1 September 20228 (133)Norway (second part)1 (134)India2 (135)Japan3 (136)Austria (South)4 (137)Netherlands5 (138)Serbia24 August 20236 (139)Argentina (North)31 August 20237 (140)Argentina (South)

Special episodes +List of special episodesTitleDurationFirst releaseChannelUnusual professions52 minFrance 5Rencontres extraordinaires52 minSpéciale 10 ans1 h 40 minLe meilleur de la Season 1152 min29 December 2021

Critical reception

7 d'Or 1991: Best documentary

In the summer of 2011, Des trains pas comme les autres finished first in Première in the documentary category..

Notes and references

See also

Train Rail transport

External links Des trains pas comme les autres on