Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion

Ms Anne Graham:

Yes, but we recognise that there is a big jump up in fares when you move from what is a commuter-type fare into longer journeys where people are still commuting but the fare is based on an intercity rail structure. We are still doing a complete review of both rail and regional bus services to set out fairer, distance-based fares for rail and bus services. That work is ongoing. It is a complicated piece of work, but it is to be set out so that once we are working with Irish Rail, implementing the DART+ programme, that we will be able to provide much fairer commuter-based fares that go beyond what is the current boundary between the commuter zone and the intercity zone.