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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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