Channel Tunnel rail link postponed

Title

Channel Tunnel rail link postponed

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Music

TX Date

5 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Nigel Dearing reports from Trafalgar Square on the demonstration in protest at the delay over the high speed rail link with the Channel Tunnel as the government has refused to subsidise an expensive but environmentally friendly tunnel under London. Includes Maidstone MP Andrew Rowe speaking in support of a tunnel; Dulwich MP, Gerry Bowden on the uncertainty for residents; criticism from protesters over BR’s handling of the affair. With bagpipes and singing.

Contributors

Gerald Bowden; Nigel Dearing; Andrew Rowe

Keywords

London; British Rail; Public finance; Railways; Demonstrations; Channel tunnels; Railway construction; Protest songs

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