Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann

1:30 pm

Mr. Jim Meade:

Ultimately, when it comes to the infrastructure capacity - not the trains themselves but the infrastructure they run on - we have highlighted the need to invest in more track infrastructure in the all-Ireland strategic rail review. We need to try to separate the outer commuters and DART services from the intercity services. We need to bring the Belfast and Dundalk services, etc., in and do what we have done on the Heuston Station side where we have two tracks for intercity services and two tracks for commuter services. That is the ultimate goal. We have certainly called for that. It is just a matter of timing now as to when the Department decides it is best to do it.

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