Ms Deirdre Hanlon:

My point is that passengers are choosing to use the trains in certain ways. They live in certain areas, work in other areas or commute for education purposes, and they are availing of the services that are operating. InterCity services are run right across the network and then, on parts of the network, services are not run between cities but between large towns and these provide facilities for all passengers who want to travel between those points along the lines.