Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery

Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Hugh Creegan:

We have a railway order application to An Bord Pleanála. We need to see what comes out of that first before we firm a timeline.

The Deputy mentioned Maynooth. It will be fully electrified from day 1. Similarly, the south west, which is out towards Cellbridge, is intended to be fully electrified on day 1.

Whether it is 1500V DC or 25kV, the DART will be 1500V. That is what went in on the railway order application. We will see what the decision is on other places on the wider network. Were I to guess, I think it is more likely to be the 25kV but we will wait and see. The Enterprise train sets being purchased are capable of being run under either voltage. They have dual-mode motors so they can run under either so that is not a problem.

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