Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann
Alan 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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