Article: Transport chief wants joint high-speed policy.(News)

Article: What are options for faster rail? As Transport Secretary ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jonathan Walker High speed rail could transform the economy of the West ... scheme - perhaps surprisingly, as high speed rail could potentially reduce the number of ... Director, to press the case for high speed rail. It would follow the M40 north from ...

Article: Lord Adonis sets deadline for Midlands rail ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 10, 2009 ;     614 words ... ... London to Scotland high-speed rail line can be expected by the ... year. Transport Minister Lord Adonis laid down the deadline in ... during 2010. In his letter, Lord Adonis said: "We also wish you ... and spatial strategies." Lord Adonis also said that the Department ...

Article: Rail link will be faster - and cheaper ; Lord ...
Evening Post (Bristol UK);  July 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ...TRANSPORT secretary Lord Adonis has pledged disruption will be kept ... run along the 118-mile route. Lord Adonis said: "There is a big gain for ... but a pipedream for decades. But Lord Adonis said from the taxpayers' point ...

Article: BIRMINGHAM POST: Inquiry into high speed rail is ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 30, 2008 ;     675 words ... ... into the case for high speed rail. While the Government ... specific focus on high speed rail. The Conservatives have ... already been made. Now, Lord Adonis is to carry out this ... where we know that high speed rail will go ahead, but we ...

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: 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 ...