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  1. Bob Reid on British Rail passenger charter (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    British Rail chairman, Sir Bob (Robert Paul) Reid defends the British Rail passenger charter which sets low targets for service standard. He is talking to James Bays.

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  2. New route for Channel Tunnel rail link (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Transport Minister Michael Portillo talks to Paul Rowley about British Rail’s proposed new route for the Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link after considering protests by local peoples and effects on the...

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  3. British Rail privatisation proposal (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Eve Conway reports on a speech by Transport Secretary Paul Channon to the Centre for Policy Studies, a Tory think tank, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on options for privatisation of...

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  4. 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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  5. Lords defeat for Government on rail privatisation (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Transport Secretary John MacGregor on the Government’s defeat in the House of Lords over rail privatization, the Lords voting to allow British Rail to bid alongside private sector for the...

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  6. Roger Freeman on British Rail prices increase (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Transport Secretary, Roger Freeman on investment in the rail services and the need for passengers to contribute to improvements via a price rise. He denies the rail system is being fattened up for...

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  7. Cannon Street rail crash (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Minister for Public Transport, Roger Freeman says the cause of the Cannon Street rail crash was not necessarily the fault of old trains after criticism from rail passenger groups. He says British Rail is...

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  8. Eccles rail crash (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Richard Hope from the Railway Gazette on the safety record of British Rail following the Eccles rail crash in Manchester. Male interviewer not identified.

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  9. New sleeper service launched by British Rail (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Cyril Bleasdale, Director of British Rail Inter-City, on the launch of a new overnight sleeper service, and on the modernisation of the trains. Male interviewer not identified.

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  10. British Rail engineering cuts - NUR reaction (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Dennis(?) Green(?), National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) convenor, reacts to news that British Rail intends to cut 4000 engineering jobs. Male interviewer not identified.

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