Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann
Mr. Jim Meade:
That happens once we add frequency and reliability. There are only three criteria to the business: capacity and whether we can carry the people and whether they will get seats; whether the service is frequent enough that it makes their decision process easy; and whether it is reliable. We spoke about capacity and having more trains earlier. Frequency is exactly what the Deputy is referring to. I use the Cork-Cobh-Midleton route as an example. We doubled the service by going from an hourly service to a half-hourly service and our patronage grew by 40% year on year. With new fleets we get reliability. We have pretty good reliability. Maybe self-praise is no praise, but we would say we have pretty good reliability and pretty good punctuality and people are using the service.
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