Plans to upgrade Central line

Title

Plans to upgrade Central line

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

15 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:41

Description

Margaret Shiels reports on Parliamentary debate on Government plans to improve the Central Line of the London Underground to relieve congestion in the capital. Includes Commons speeches by transport minister Michael Portillo; James Arbuthnot, Tory MP; Labour shadow transport minister Joan Ruddock; Ron Leighton, Labour MP; Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson; Ron Leighton; Michael Portillo; Joan Ruddock; Margaret Shiels; James Arbuthnot

Keywords

London; Public finance; Underground trains; Underground railway networks; Traffic congestion; LRT; Transport planning; Urban transport

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