Channel Tunnel rail link route

Title

Channel Tunnel rail link route

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:05:34

Description

Transport minister Roger Freeman on Transport Secretary John MacGregor’s speech unveiling the proposed route for the Channel Tunnel rail link. On why it is not a final route; St Pancras station being the London terminus; the cost of extra tunnels; public and private finance; and when the link may be in place, the parliamentary bill will now be prepared and must be debated and passed. Female interviewer not identified, probably Angela Rippon.

Contributors

Roger Freeman; Angela Rippon?

Keywords

London; Parliamentary bills; Kent; Public finance; Railway stations; Environment; Channel tunnels; Railway lines; Railway construction; Railway tunnels; Private finance; John MacGregor; St Pancras; Human activitities effects; Public consultation

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