Failure of rail signalling equipment at Wimbledon

Title

Failure of rail signalling equipment at Wimbledon

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:25

Description

Havovi Todd reporting on concern over a failure in new signalling equipment at Wimbledon, in the light of the Clapham Junction rail disaster. Chris Jackson of the Railway Gazette agreeing with British Rail that there had been no risk to trains or passengers. General Secretary of the train drivers union ASLEF, Derrick Fullick, on BR’s complacency and that the new system should not be tested on an operational network. Leader of the National Union of Railwaymen, Jimmy Knapp, on such incidents resulting from tightened resources and that the new network is not ready for driver-only operation.

Contributors

Jimmy Knapp; Chris Jackson; Havovi Todd; Derrick Fullick

Keywords

London; Trade unions; British Rail; ASLEF; NUR; Railways; Rail safety; Wimbledon; Railway accidents; Equipment; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988)

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