The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
UK Transport Secretary Lord Adonis yesterday slammed the SNP decision to scrap the Glasgow Airport Rail Link.
Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Franchised Rail Services: Update The Secretary of State for Transport (Lord Adonis): Further to my statements on 1 July 2009 [Official Report, Col.225 and Official Report, Col. WS 24] on East Coast main line rail services, after the close of the markets yesterday I notified National Express East Coast Ltd that I am terminating their franchise with effect from 11:59 pm on 13 November. The publicly owned...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• Handover brought forward as funding for route is running out • National Express could also be stripped of other franchises Britain's most expensive rail franchise will be nationalised earlier than expected when the Department for Transport takes over the £1.4bn east coast main line – a flagship of the privatised rail industry – from National Express next week. Civil servants...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Britain will have an eastwest high speed rail link within the next generation Lord Adonis the transport secretary has suggested.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
East-west and north-south high-speed lines backed by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.
London Reconnections (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The DfT put out a statement at the end of last week, confirming the arrangements for the management of the BCV and SSL contracts post-Metronet. The Department confirmed that, for the foreseeable future at least, the responsiblity for managing the maintenance and renewal contracts on the Metronet lines will remain with London Underground. This arrangement reflects the findings of the Joint Steering...
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
THE East of England to have its first tram service of the modern era. Two services an hour will operate between Watford and St Albans under a plan announced today by Hertfordshire county council and transport secretary Lord Adonis.
Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Exciting news from the High Speed Evangelist. The Noble Lord is planning to release the proposed route for HS2 in the New Year and with cross party support! So convinced is Lord Adonis of overwhelming backing for High Speed rail that he confidently predicts a transformation in Middle England's mindset from Nimby to Pimby. Please in my back yard!
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Outlook The only people feeling even crosser than Stagecoach about the collapse of its merger talks with National Express yesterday will have been staff at the Department of Transport, lead by Lord Adonis.
Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
This update on the Battle of the Barriers from the BBC ... A rail company is appealing against a decision not to allow ticket barriers at York railway station. The appeal is apparently to be heard in the New Year, by which time NXEC should have shuffled off its mortal coil. So there is precious little benefit to be gained by the franchise, NatEx or indeed its hard pressed shareholders in mounting this...
Syniadau :: The Blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
A couple of things to do with the Great Western rail link between south Wales and London caught my eye. The first is Vaughan Roderick's post today on the electrification of the line. In short, there have been some persistent rumours that the Tories will scrap the electrification when they are in power at Westminster, as part of their programme of spending cuts, and in an attempt to reduce the levels...
The anger of a Quiet Man (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Bit late with this one, but here we go. Peers 'should appear in Commons' Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has said he wants to be able to answer MPs' questions in the House of Commons. Current rules say peers who serve as ministers can face direct inquiries only in the House of Lords. But Lord Adonis told BBC One's Politics Show he and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson would be "delighted"...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Prime minister has written to Speaker John Bercow to say he sees no reason why peer ministers should not be held to account in Commons Gordon Brown wants Lord Mandelson to make history by becoming the first cabinet minister from the House of Lords to answer questions the dispatch box in the Commons. The prime minister has written to John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, to say he saw "no reason"...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Parliament rarely gets it right. On the television there were shots of crowds bursting through police lines in protest against Nick Griffin of the BNP appearing on Question Time. The great British tradition of violence, whether for political reasons or to demonstrate support for a football club, was being maintained. Some 25 people were alleged to have broken through police lines and got into TV Centre,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Unelected minister gives evidence to Commons committee Many people are unhappy about the fact that Lord Mandelson was able to become the second most powerful man in the government despite being an unelected peer. But if Lord Adonis, the transport secretary – another unelected cabinet minister – were to have his way, ministers could serve in government without being a member of the House...
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