Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority
9:30 am
Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I wish to go back to the proposal with regard to a stop on the Rosslare to Dublin line. My understanding is that Irish Rail is saying that the main constraint with the direct service is congestion on the commuter line from Bray to Connolly Station.
The trains coming from the northern direction into Dublin also have to deal with the same challenge on the DART line from Malahide and Howth junction.
If we look at the difference in the frequency of service, there are up to 40 intercity trains travelling into Connolly from Belfast and the equivalent into Connolly from Rosslare, Wexford, Arklow and Gorey is six. I know there is just a single track to Bray. Does that explain the differential? Is it enough to say that that is the reason for six trains versus 40?
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