Rail freight grants proposal
- Title
- Rail freight grants proposal
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 27 Jun 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:20
- Description
- Labour MP Tam Dalyell says he’s hopeful the government will invest more in the railways as a means of improving the environment. The Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson told him that they would consider giving grants for projects if it meant more freight could be transferred from road to rail. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Tam Dalyell
- Keywords
- Railway transport; Grants; Environment; Railway services; Cecil Parkinson; Traffic congestion
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LBC/IRN, "Rail freight grants proposal". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005900497004 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)