Rail services overstretched

Title

Rail services overstretched

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:14

Description

Transport correspondent Peter Plisner reports on concerns over British Rail services in the run up to privatisation after watchdog the Central Transport Consultative Committee warned BR’s resources are overstretched in its annual report. With comment from Chairman of the Committee Major-General Lennox Napier; Transport Secretary John MacGregor; Richard Delahoy, Chairman of the London-Tilbury-Southend Line Users group on improvement of services on the line. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

John MacGregor; Peter Plisner; Richard Delahoy; Lennox Napier

Keywords

British Rail; Public finance; Railways; Privatization; Investment; Railway services; Private enterprises; Drivetime (radio programme); Railway infrastructure; Transport infrastructure; Central Transport Consultative Committee; Anual reports; Nationalized transport

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