LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Clapham rail disaster - BR signalman speaks out

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:06:37

Description

Eve Conway interviews British Rail signalman, Stephen Jackson, following his decision to speak out after the Clapham Junction rail disaster when he claimed train drivers were not paying attention to signals because they were often reading newspapers. The twenty-eight-year-old, who has worked for BR for eleven years, has now been sacked, but says he will appeal against his dismissal. Broadcast on LBC AM.

Contributors

Stephen Jackson; Eve Conway

Keywords

British Rail; Railways; Safety; Dismissal from employment; Signal boxes; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Stephen Jackson

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