Channel Tunnel rail link route decided

Title

Channel Tunnel rail link route decided

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

9 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

Report by Sue Flipping on the announcement by Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind (excerpt from speech at Conservative party conference in Blackpool heard) that the Channel Tunnel rail link will go through East London and not Kent to South London as British Rail wanted; with reaction from Councillor Pat Coleman from South Darenth, and residents Jacqueline Marriott Smith and Celia Jones. Also includes archive audio of a protest against the rail link. For FM breakfast show.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind; Sue Flipping; Pat Coleman; Jacqueline Marriott-Smith; Celia Jones

Keywords

London; Political protests; British Rail; Kent; Public transport; Railway services; Channel tunnels; Railway lines; Railway construction; South Darenth

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