Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. David Franks:

We share in the disappointment that DART underground was delayed. The changes we are proposing in the plan consider the number of stations provided north of the link for the tunnel. We plan on being ready post 2020.

The good news on the peak capacity on the Kildare line is that the Phoenix Park tunnel will be ready to put passenger trains through and we will be running some additional trains during the peak, as I mentioned in my opening statement. We are looking to expand that off-peak into the weekends.