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43 results found for '"Railway construction"' in Keywords.
Expanding London’s transport (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC planning spokesperson Shelagh Roberts about expanding the London rail network. It looks at where the railway needs to be expanded, the new tunnel under the Thames and what the new lines...
Chunnel vision (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Chunnel Vision, a documentary on the Channel Tunnel. On history and background and implications to Channel Tunnel project between Britain and France with pro and anti views expressed via speeches,...
Channel Tunnel construction (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rodney Bennett reports on the (noisy) construction of the Channel Tunnel at Dover. Includes interview with construction engineer, Ken Deakin(?).
Channel Tunnel rail link postponed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
Nigel Dearing reports from Trafalgar Square on the demonstration in protest at the delay over the high speed rail link with the Channel Tunnel as the government has refused to subsidise an expensive but...
New tube line for London (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews Transport Secretary, Cecil Parkinson, about a proposed new underground railway line to be built in London which will take the Jubilee Line from Green Park to Stratford in East...
Channel Tunnel rail link postponed (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nigel Dearing reports on British Rail’s decision to postpone its proposal for the high speed rail link with the Channel Tunnel, after the government made it clear it would not subsidise from public funds...
Channel Tunnel rail link postponed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Elena Curti interviews Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson following British Rail’s announcement that the proposal for the high speed rail link with the Channel Tunnel will be postponed for a year, after...
Channel Tunnel update - Alastair Morton (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Channel Tunnel chairman Alastair Morton talks to John Alcock about the completion date for the tunnel, how the workers are going faster than expected, how the date has been pushed back by a month, relations...
New route for Channel Tunnel rail link (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Minister Michael Portillo talks to Paul Rowley about British Rail’s proposed new route for the Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link after considering protests by local peoples and effects on the...
New route for Channel Tunnel rail link (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Kay Oliver reports on British Rail throwing out plans for Channel Tunnel rail link routes and replacing them with one new line and how the change is a victory for some of the protest groups and safety on the...