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31 results found for '"Railtrack"' in Keywords.
Rail privatisation views (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
In two parts. Shadow transport minister Frank Dobson says money spent to privatise the rail system could have been used for real improvements to service. Followed by Transport Minister Roger Freeman saying a...
Chiltern Lines bypass rail strike (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Angela Rippon Drivetime Show. Mark Phillips reports from Marylebone Station, one of the few train stations with services still running (on the Chiltern line) as signal workers strike over pay. Phillips...
Transport Secretary on rail strike and wages (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Andrew Bomford interviews Transport Secretary John MacGregor on the rail strikes due to wage disputes. He calls for wage restraint and says the Government have made their policy of restraint clear but not...
Rail strike talks unsuccessful (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on rail dispute talks over pay collapsing last night between RMT union for signal workers and Railtrack meaning a strike will go ahead and a series of strikes is planned. Statements on the lack of...
Signal workers dispute (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Kermode reports on strike-busting operations by Railtrack in an attempt to defeat the signal workers dispute. Includes interviews with John Ellis, Railtrack; John Monks, TUC; Richard Rosser, Transport...
Signal workers step up dispute action (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Andrew Bomford reports on news signal workers in the rail dispute are to step-up their action with forty-eight hour strikes starting later in 07/94. But the disruption will last longer than two days and...
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...
Signalmen’s strikes affect small business (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Jason Kaye reports from Cannon Street Station, on the ongoing signalman’s dispute and ensuing disruption for London commuters. Most people are learning to live with the dispute, but some have voiced fears...
Rail dispute talks break down (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with RMT union leader, Jimmy Knapp, about proposed further rail strikes following the breakdown of talks between the RMT and Railtrack. Knapp says all of his efforts to bring an end to the dispute...
Criticism of Mawhinney in rail dispute (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Addis reports on the ongoing rail dispute. Includes Labour Party reaction to the decision of Transport Secretary Dr Brian Mawhinney to go on holiday during the dispute; Railtrack’s £100,000 appeal...