Future of railways

Title

Future of railways

Genre

Speech

TX Date

20 Jan 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:00

Description

Transport Secretary David Howell Commons statement on the Transport Committee reports under Sir David Serpell and Alfred Goldstein into the financial prospects and future options for the railways, which rule out larger injections of public funds and prioritise cost cuts and efficiency improvements.

Contributors

David Howell

Keywords

Reports; Cost reduction; Public finance; Railways; Organizational change; David Serpell; Alfred Goldstein

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