Rail crashes and rail safety debated

Title

Rail crashes and rail safety debated

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

7 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Des Fahy reports on an announcement in the Commons by Transport Secretary Paul Channon on the cause of the Glasgow train crash and new pilot system of automatic braking if trains pass red lights. Led to debate with contributions from Labour’s John Prescott and Labour transport spokesman Robert Hughes

Contributors

John Prescott; Des Fahy; Paul Channon; Robert Hughes

Keywords

Politics; London; British Rail; Scotland; Rail safety; Trains; Public inquiries; Glasgow; Railway accidents; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Purley; Robert Reid

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