Channel Tunnel rail link route decided

Title

Channel Tunnel rail link route decided

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Report on reaction to and implications of Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind’s announcement the Channel Tunnel rail link will go via Stratford to King’s Cross rather than through Kent into South London. With reaction from Eurotunnel Chief Executive Sir Alastair Morton; Conservative MP for Dulwich Gerald Bowden; Newham Council leader Stephen Timms; Roy Clarke, Essex Wildlife Trust; Transport Minister Roger Freeman. Report by Helen Costello. For FM breakfast show.

Contributors

Stephen Timms; Roger Freeman; Gerald Bowden; Alastair Morton; Helen Costello; Roy Clarke

Keywords

London; British Rail; Kent; Railway services; Bob Reid; Channel tunnels; Malcolm Rifkind; Railway lines; Railway construction; Stratford; King’s Cross; Wildlife conservation; Eurotunnel; John Prescott; Essex Wildlife Trust

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