Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

To conclude, I will repeat the response to the question I answered earlier regarding DART+, DART stations in the Kildare region and similarly, the rest of the DART network. The quicker we deliver DART+, including increased capacity, better trains, and new DART trains, the better. The existing DART trains have served us well, but they are 40 years old and are coming to the end of their natural life and they are very expensive to maintain. Part of the DART+ programme is about replacing the fleet and cascading old trains out. I think that will be delivered quite quickly in the next two years. That will be seen as a major step up in the service the Deputy is looking for.

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