Mr. Jim Meade:

On the main routes. We all suffer from the same issue - we would like to get on at the station of our preference and travel non-stop to the station of our preference. If we do that, it will be an hour but we serve many intermediate stations as well. The ambition is that we will achieve those types of speeds on the Belfast to Cork line, with an equivalent improvement on the branch lines. The principle we are working to is that we bring all our major cities to under two hours. We are currently on the two-hour mark, depending on which service one gets. If it is a stopping service, it is two hours and 15 minutes to two hours and 20 minutes to Limerick and one hour and 55 minutes to two hours on the direct trains through Limerick junction. We envisage that coming down towards one hour and 45 minutes or even one hour and 40 minutes over time on the Deputy's route. However, the ambition is to continue to improve services incrementally to get all the cities under two hours.