BR to spend 257m pounds on South East improvements

Title
BR to spend 257m pounds on South East improvements
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
31 Aug 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:03:41
Description
Margaret Shiels reports on a statement by Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson announcing the biggest investment programme for British Rail’s Network SouthEast in thirty years. 400 new coaches will be built at a cost of nearly £300million. Network South East also plans to spend a further £120million on other improvement works. Includes interviews with Cecil Parkinson; Chris Green, director of Network South East who says passengers will have to pay higher fares to meet improvement costs.
Contributors
Chris Green; Cecil Parkinson; Margaret Shiels
Keywords
Government; British Rail; Railway transport; Finance; Trains; Fares; Railway companies; Railway rolling stock; Network SouthEast; Railway equipment; Railway infrastructure

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