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20 results found for '"Railway tunnels"' in Keywords.
Channel Tunnel scrapped (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Anthony Crosland, Secretary of State for the Environment, on the Labour Government’s decision to scrap the Channel Tunnel plan announced on 20/01/75.
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
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 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 breakthrough (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on the the first major breakthrough of the Channel Tunnel as the eight-kilometre tunnel between the M20 at Folkestone and the coast at Dover is completed. He also comments on Eurotunnel...
Channel tunnel main tunnel breakthrough (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the breakthrough in the main tunnel of the Channel Tunnel. With comment from Chairman of Eurotunnel Sir Alastair Morton; and Transport Minister Roger Freeman. Male reporter not identified.
Channel Tunnel construction near completion (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report from the final breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel, marking the end of the tunnelling phase. With Eurotunnel Chief Executive Alastair Morton on the completion of the digging and the installation of the...
Crossrail project for London unveiled (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Phillips interviews British Rail project co-ordinator Tony Haworth about the proposed Crossrail project with London Underground which will involve building of a tunnel to ease congestion. Haworth admits...
Train crash in Severn Tunnel (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with 32-year-old Peter Chanter, a passenger in a sprinter train which crashed into an inter-city express train in the Severn Tunnel (07/12/91) underneath the Bristol Channel injuring 102...