Mr. Jim Meade:

It is not A or B. It is both. In the context of the earlier question, that is why consideration of both is in the all-Ireland strategic review. It is certainly not an either-or. We have all moved to the understanding that we need both. The metro is needed and there is also an option to put heavy rail in, if so required.

There are two elements to the capacity issue. We have got connecting Europe facility, CEF, funding from the EU for a project we call FourNorth, which is about adding two more tracks going north because it is a very heavily congested line. We are also talking about more Belfast services. That corridor needs extension, as the project title indicates. We got 50% EU funding from the most recent CEF call. The Department has put its 50% in and we are now ahead with that project.

On the question around the new fleet, there are no toilets in the new fleet as ordered, but we have made provision for them on a modular basis. We can add them to further orders for the fleet and retrofit them to the first orders if we need to. It is a balance between what is best capacity and toilet provision. The option is there to do so.