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  1. Signal workers’ dispute reaches 12th week (1994)

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    News report; Interview

    Jason Kaye looks back at the events of the signal workers’ dispute over pay with yet another forty-eight hour rail strike due to start at midnight. After twelve weeks the dispute has almost disappeared...

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  2. Fears over rail safety as strikes continue (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Max Cotton reports from Charing Cross Station in London on a debate between Railtrack and the unions over rail safety of trains which are running during strikes in the ongoing signal workers’ dispute....

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  3. Near miss at Bickley station (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Chapman reports on an investigation into why a London commuter train ploughed off the rails near Bromley in Kent. The accident has renewed fears over the safety of trains operating while signal workers...

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  4. Signal workers dispute - Railtrack say 59 percent of services running (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Railtrack production manager John Ellis following claims by rail bosses fifty-nine per cent of trains are running despite the seventeenth day of action by signal workers. The RMT union insist...

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  5. London commuters on rail dispute (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop

    The conciliation service ACAS is to hold informal discussions with both sides in the rail dispute later today. Railtrack and the RMT union are not expected to meet face to face until tomorrow. But as the...

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  6. Railtrack and RMT continue negotiations (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    At eleven o’clock this morning, the two sides in the signalworkers’ dispute, Railtrack and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), are to resume talks to end the 15 week-old...

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  7. Rail strike ends (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    The rail strike has come to an end after 15 weeks. Report includes a pledge to customers by Railtrack chairman, Robert Horton, who accuses the RMT union of obstructing the negotiating process. Male reporter...

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  8. Rail privatisation timetable outlined (1994)

    Genre
    Speech; News report; Interview

    Lizzie Knight reports on the Government outlining its plans for the privatisation of rail services, starting with Railtrack, and reaction to them. Includes House of Commons speech by Transport Secretary,...

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  9. Cowden rail crash - Train driver’s body recovered (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    The body of the driver of one of the trains which collided in Cowden, Kent over the weekend has finally been recovered from the wreckage. Harry Taybert(?) of Railtrack South explains how the operation was...

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  10. Railtrack poor safety record to be exposed (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Robert Allen reports on a leaked Government memo warning of the danger of another Clapham-style train disaster and about the poor safety record of Railtrack. includes interviews with Labour transport...

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