LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Clapham rail crash - signalman lied, claimed BR

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Lisa Hampele reports on claims by British Rail that one of their own signalmen, Stephen Jackson, lied to millions of television viewers over the Clapham Junction train disaster. BR now admit there had been an earlier signal failure on the same line, as Jackson claimed. Includes interview with Stephen Jackson.

Contributors

Lisa Hampele; Stephen Jackson

Keywords

London; UK; Great Britain; British Rail; Railway accidents; Signal boxes; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Stephen Jackson

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