Lord Adonis plays the Fat Controller with SLC2

Good news for all those upset by the proposed SCL2 timetable due to be introduced on the East Coast Main Line in December 2010.

The new timetable was due to be signed off by the ORR in the next couple of weeks.

Alas.

Word reaches the Eye that no less a figure than Lord Adonis is now taking a close personal interest in its provisions.

Indeed, he has shredded the latest version saying it was "not good enough" and told all involved to go back to the drawing board and deliver a timetable with a sub 4hr Edinburgh to London journey time.

Presumably the Office of Rail Regulation will wish to prove its independence by standing firm against such blatant political interference?

UPDATE: This from Ithuriel...

Lord Adonis does indeed want a sub-4hr London-Edinburgh headline journey time.

Current journey times
Journey times	Fastest	Slowest	Average
London (Kings Cross)-Edinburgh	04:13	04:56	04:31
Edinburgh-Aberdeen	02:35	02:42	02:38
London-Aberdeen	07:07	07:12	07:08

Indicative future Super Express journey times
Journey times	Fastest	Slowest	Average
London-Edinburgh	04:06	04:32	04:12
Edinburgh-Aberdeen	02:27	02:27	02:27
London-Aberdeen	06:37	06:53	06:41

So the above table, released in a written answer by Moley won't go down well.