Conservative conference - Channel Tunnel rail link route

Title

Conservative conference - Channel Tunnel rail link route

Genre

Speech

TX Date

9 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:24

Description

Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind announces that the Channel Tunnel rail link will run through London’s East End to King’s Cross and not through Kent to South London as British Rail wanted; it is met with rousing applause. At the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind

Keywords

London; British Rail; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Kent; Conferences; Channel tunnels; Blackpool; Railway lines; Railway construction; King’s Cross; Eurotunnel

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