Channel tunnel rail link proposals

Title

Channel tunnel rail link proposals

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on the options for the Channel Tunnel rail link route through London, and on the rest of the proposed route which has just been announced. St Pancras may be the London terminus. Includes interviews with Transport Minister Roger Freeman; Transport Secretary John MacGregor; Labour MP Tony Banks pressing for a new station at Stratford to help develop the East End; shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

John Prescott; Tony Banks; John MacGregor; Kevin Murphy; Roger Freeman

Keywords

London; UK; Kent; France; Railway stations; Channel tunnels; Railway construction; Stratford; Urban development; St Pancras

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