Rail services reduced

Title

Rail services reduced

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

31 Jan 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:11

Description

Bruce Whitfield reports on fears that rail privatisation will lead to a reduction in the number of services as minimum service level is being set below current level. Includes speeches by Labour leader Tony Blair and Prime Minister John Major at Prime Minister’s Question Time; interviews with Rail Minister John Watts; Michael Meacher Shadow Transport Secretary; Richard Pout, Transport 2000; Jimmy Knapp, RMT.

Contributors

John Watts; Michael Meacher; John Major; Tony Blair; Bruce Whitfield; Richard Pout; Jimmy Knapp

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; British Rail; Conservative Party; Railways; Privatization; Railway services; Transport 2000; RMT

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