Clapham rail disaster sparks change in British Rail

Title

Clapham rail disaster sparks change in British Rail

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

12 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:45

Description

Marc de Leuw looks back at the Clapham rail disaster one year ago today that left 35 people dead in one of the worst railway accidents in British history and at rail safety concerns and improvements under way. Includes words of survivor immediately after (speaker and female reporter not identified); comment from Martin Mogridge, Transport Studies Group, University of London; Stephen Joseph, Transport 2000 director; Gavin Smith, Campaign to Improve London’s Transport; vox pop with commuters. For the Brian Widlake programme.

Contributors

Stephen Joseph; Martin Mogridge; Gavin Smith; Marc De Leuw

Keywords

Emergency services; Cost reduction; Public finance; Railway workers; Rail safety; Investment; Trains; Railway accidents; Safety measures; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Rail services

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