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31 results found for '"Railtrack"' in Keywords.
Knapp rejects Railtrack cash offer (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with RMT leader Jimmy Knapp where he urges his members not to be bribed by cash offers from Railtrack to return to work. Railtrack managers in Anglia and the South-West are offering one-off...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Signal workers’ dispute reaches 12th week (1994)
- Genre
- 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...