Underground shuttle services to close

Title

Underground shuttle services to close

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Jason Kaye reports from Aldwych tube station in central London on the proposed closure of two shuttle services on the London Underground network for economic reasons. Aldwych station is to close on 30/09/94 while the Essex shuttle is to remain open for 3 years, with the intention of selling it to a private operator. Includes interviews with Caralampo Focas, London Research Group; Rufus Barnes, London Regional Passengers Committee; Steven Norris, London’s transport minister; Big Wake(?), newspaper seller; Central Line general manager, Geoff Thackeray. Includes sound of underground train.

Contributors

Steven Norris; Jason Kaye; Rufus Barnes; Caralampo Focas; Big Wake(?); Geoff Thackeray

Keywords

Cost reduction; Railway transport; London Underground; Underground railway networks; Underground railway stations; Aldwych underground station; Ongar underground station; Epping underground station

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