British Rail reveal operating loss

Title

British Rail reveal operating loss

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 Jul 1991

Year of production

1991

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:02:48

Description

Interview with British Rail chairman, Sir Bob (Robert Paul) Reid, following the publication of company figures which reveal BR made an overall loss of nearly eleven million pounds last year after being in the black to the tune of nearly 270 million the year before. Reid blames a slump in passengers and the collapse of the property market for the statistics and says they’ve done well in spite of the recession. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Helen Costello).

Contributors

Helen Costello?; Robert Paul Reid

Keywords

British Rail; Public transport; Railway transport; Profits

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.