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42 results found for '"Underground trains"' in Keywords.

  • Waterloo and City line reopens (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview underground with Richard Birmingham(?) from the PR department of Network South East on the Waterloo and City underground line’s history and use and the modernisation. It is to be re- opened after...

  • London underground flooding problem (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with London Underground spokesman David Bertram in the radio car on the possibility of having to close sections of the network because of flooding. On how old all the pipes and pumps are; why it...

  • London Transport raise fares (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Report on the proposed 6 percent increase in London Transport fares in January 1994 due to falling commuter levels and the need to improve London’s public transport. Speakers are Network South East MD John...

  • London Underground to be privatised? (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Angela Rippon for her Drivetime show interviews Transport Minister for London Steven Norris amid reports that the government is seeking ways to privatize the tube system London Underground. He flatly denies...

  • London Underground privatisation (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Report on possible plans to privatise London’s tube network, as reported in the Evening Standard newspaper which were quashed by London’s Transport Minister Steve Norris in the House of Commons (speech...

  • Tube train without driver (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Angela Rippon interviews on her Drivetime show London Underground’s Director of Passenger Services Ian Arthurton following an incident where a train carried passengers for more than a mile without a driver...

  • Gunman opens fire on New York subway (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop; Press conference

    Report on a New York subway train on which a gunman opened fire on passengers for no apparent reason. Witnesses describe what happened. Police spokesman Mel Kenny says the police will not release any...

  • Privatisation of London buses and Northern Line investment (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Managing Director of London Buses Clive Hodson and London Minister for Transport Steven Norris speak to Mark Phillips about the privatisation of ten London bus companies at the photocall in London. Norris...

  • New Crossrail plans announced (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    David Addis reports on new Government plans to save the capital’s two-billion pound Crossrail project. The service is intended to link routes from East and West London via six-mile long twin tunnels....

  • Jubilee Line extension - Safety concerns (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with construction manager Mike Smith about safety and inevitable disruption to travel as construction on the Jubilee Line extension continues. Interviewer not heard.