General Lighting
13-04-2009, 01:32 PM
About time too, maybe he will realise what a national disgrace our rail service has become, especially the prices.
Frustrated commuters will get direct access to Transport Minister Lord Adonis when he embarks upon a six-day rail voyage across Britain.
The minister will board the Paddington to Truro sleeper on Easter Monday - armed with his laptop and a £375 standard class Rail Rover ticket.
On Saturday he will reach York after a 2,200-mile trip taking him as far north as Inverness.
Lord Adonis said he wanted "first-hand experience" of the rail service.
He told the BBC the trip was "deadly serious" and not just a publicity exercise.
BBC NEWS | UK | Minister to cross Britain by rail (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7996255.stm)
Frustrated commuters will get direct access to Transport Minister Lord Adonis when he embarks upon a six-day rail voyage across Britain.
The minister will board the Paddington to Truro sleeper on Easter Monday - armed with his laptop and a £375 standard class Rail Rover ticket.
On Saturday he will reach York after a 2,200-mile trip taking him as far north as Inverness.
Lord Adonis said he wanted "first-hand experience" of the rail service.
He told the BBC the trip was "deadly serious" and not just a publicity exercise.
BBC NEWS | UK | Minister to cross Britain by rail (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7996255.stm)