Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann

Photo of Alan DillonAlan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As other colleagues said, there are real capacity challenges at peak times. I am specifically talking about the Westport and Ballina routes from Heuston Station. While we had the positive news of an extra late service from Athlone to Westport and Ballina, it does not negate the challenges in Heuston Station for an additional late evening service. What is the timeline? Mr. Meade spoke previously about the intention of Irish Rail to increase the delivery of a late evening service. Can he give us an estimated timeline for when we will see this being implemented?

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