Article: United Kingdom: Transport minister rules out high-speed West Coast rail plan.

Article: Rail link will be faster - and cheaper ; Lord ...
Evening Post (Bristol UK);  July 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... advantage of the electrified track. Lord Adonis said new electric trains would ... much lower carbon footprint. Lord Adonis said Network Rail would try to keep disruption ... will go as far as Swansea. Lord Adonis said: "It is essential that ...

Article: Lord Adonis sets deadline for Midlands rail ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 10, 2009 ;     614 words ... ... Transport Minister Lord Adonis laid down the deadline ... 2010. In his letter, Lord Adonis said: "We also wish ... spatial strategies." Lord Adonis also said that the Department ... airport operator BAA and Network Rail to consider conventional ...

Article: Lord Adonis Visits Leading "Pathfinder School" - ...
PR Newswire Europe;  May 8, 2008 ;     664 words ... ... With Photo On Friday 2nd May, Lord Adonis, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State ... parent has to work to make ends meets. Lord Adonis was keen to explore the ways of utilising ... special characteristics that prompted Lord Adonis's visit. Meeting both pupils and ...

Article: What are options for faster rail? As Transport Secretary ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... from the north of the city, avoiding the airport and NEC. Network Rail has drawn up detailed proposals for a high speed line which ... trains in to New Street, let alone new services." And Network Rail agrees. The body's chief executive, Iain Boucher, said ...

Article: We were wrong to close grammar schools, says Lord ...
Evening Standard - London;  January 25, 2007 ;     396 words ... ... with the closure of grammar schools. Lord Adonis made clear he regretted the championing ... told the The Spectator. A decade ago, Lord Adonis - then a journalist - condemned the ... Willetts, wants to turn the clock back." Lord Adonis, the architect of Labour's flagship ...

Article: Lord Adonis: We plan 70 academies for London by ...
Evening Standard - London;  July 14, 2008 ;     690 words ... ... its ethos and appointing its governors. Schools minister Lord Adonis outlined an [pounds]80 million plan to extend for another ... twoand-a-half times the average rate across England, said Lord Adonis. Academies in London last year had an average of 3.4 applications ...

Article: Take the train, urges minister ; Transport minister Lord ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Transport minister Lord Adonis yesterday promised the Westcountry would not lose out on national ... young people and students - then that would be great progress." Lord Adonis, pictured right, said he was eager to bring the best lessons ...