Mr. Jim Meade:

That was the time picked by the NTA and us. It was linked with the opening of Belfast Grand Central Station. A brand-new station is being built in Belfast. Following one or two minor delays, the station will open next week and our new timetable was to dovetail with the opening. We have planned for a number of years to bring in the new Enterprise service. Covid had an impact on rail services in the North just as much as it did us, so it is only now that the project is coming to fruition. Our new timetable was primarily linked to the new station and bringing in an hourly service between Dublin and Belfast. We needed to look at timetables anyway and that was the time that was picked.