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Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.8listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.8 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain is an audiobook by Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman, released July 28, 2016, on the World and Computers & Technology shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.8 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman
Released
July 28, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Computers & Technology
ISBN
9780008201760

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain audiobook?

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is the Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain audiobook free?

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Who narrates Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain?

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain is narrated by Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman.