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

00:02:26

Description

Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind announces the government’s decision for the Channel Tunnel route to go through East London and arrive in King’s Cross rather than Kent and South London. The decision, announced at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, is met with applause.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind

Keywords

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

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