LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Shiels on London tube overcrowding

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

London Underground is set to increase its fares in a bid to reduce the number of people using the system, and stop trains and stations becoming dangerously overcrowded. London Underground Ltd. (LUL) Chairman Wilfrid Newton says tube congestion during weekday peak periods has reached the maximum level that can be safely tolerated at certain stations. But a leading rail expert says people will take to the roads, and that will mean a rise in deaths because travelling by road is more dangerous than going by tube. Margaret Shiels reports.

Contributors

Margaret Shiels; Wilfrid Newton

Keywords

London Underground; Underground railway networks; Safety; Fares; Rail services

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