# 1975: Time to Scrap British Rail? | The Money Programme: Beware of Trains | BBC Archive

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Britain's railways are bust and bankrupt as never before. For more than 20 years they have been fighting a losing battle with the roads for passengers and freight. Now British Rail must ask the Government for more than £340 million to guarantee survival in 1975. But can the nation afford the railways? Should they be scrapped or do they still provide a vital service?

Richard Wakely reports.

Clip taken from The Money Programme, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 16 May, 1975.

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