Clapham rail disaster inquiry

Title

Clapham rail disaster inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Mark Percy reports on the opening of the public inquiry into the Clapham rail disaster; probable cause of the disaster; what the inquiry will cover on more general rail safety issues including overcrowding. Includes account of the disaster from survivor Alison Killerby; interviews with Margaret Thatcher; shadow Transport Minister John Prescott; Rufus Barnes, London Regional Passengers Committee; Jimmy Knapp, NUR; Transport Minister, Michael Portillo.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; John Prescott; Michael Portillo; Jimmy Knapp; Rufus Barnes; Mark Percy; Alison Killerby

Keywords

Deaths; British Rail; Rail safety; Public inquiries; Railway accidents; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988)

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