CAIRNCROSS AND THE CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK

Michael R. Bonavia, MA, PhD, who led BR's Channel Tunnel team until his retirement last year, explains how the political decision to divide responsibility between governments, financing companies, project managers, and railways prevented co-ordinated planning of the tunnel and its British and French rail links-in the end, a major factor in the British Government's decision to pull out of the project.

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• Authors:
  • BONAVIA, M R
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 351-353
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Financing; Governments; Planning; Policy; Tunneling; Underwater construction
• Identifier Terms: British Rail; Channel Tunnel; Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais
• Old TRIS Terms: Government planning; Government policies; Submarine tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127839
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1975 12:00AM