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  1. Rail franchises (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Franchising Director Roger Salmon on the number of companies that have applied for the franchises for the rail service and how they will be looking to maximise their profits following the Conservative...

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  2. Cecil Parkinson on rail subsidy cuts (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson has announced cuts in the subsidies to be given to British Rail in 1992/93. He talks to Des Fahy about the cuts, how increased revenue has resulted from an increase in...

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  3. Bob Reid on British Rail job cuts and the future (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Rail Chairman, Robert (Bob) Basil Reid on job cuts and the future. He talks about where the cuts will be, why they are happening, whether queues will increase because of the cuts, the...

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  4. BR to spend 257m pounds on South East improvements (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Margaret Shiels reports on a statement by Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson announcing the biggest investment programme for British Rail’s Network SouthEast in thirty years. 400 new coaches will be built...

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  5. Peter Parker on BR electrification (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Rail chairman Sir Peter Parker about the need for modernisation including electrification of the rail network. Female interviewer not identified.

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  6. Failure of rail signalling equipment at Wimbledon (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Havovi Todd reporting on concern over a failure in new signalling equipment at Wimbledon, in the light of the Clapham Junction rail disaster. Chris Jackson of the Railway Gazette agreeing with British Rail...

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  7. British Rail hardens line on strike (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Rail Chairman, Sir Robert (Bob) Basil Reid, in which he says BR cannot meet the striking rail workers’ wage demands despite the announcement of record profits. The national network...

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  8. Rail privatisation should be stopped (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male speaker on the privatisation of the British railway network. He says the process should be put on ice, and other franchises in the pipeline must be stopped. Follows stopping of...

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  9. BR unveils new strategy, Future Rail (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with the chairman of British Rail, Sir Bob (Robert Paul) Reid, about the unveiling of a ten-year plan, entitled Future Rail, which it is hoped will provide Britain with a railway network designed...

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  10. John Prescot on rail accident figures (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour Party transport spokesman John Prescott says the number of collisions into buffers has increased by nearly forty per cent over a period of ten years. Following the Cannon Street rail accident he says...

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