It is only in recent weeks, for instance, that automatic ticket vending machines were installed in DART stations, yet this is an ancient technology, which has been widely used for 40 years in the London tube system and the Paris metro. Ticketing on mainline routes is still a serious cause of concern. I refer to the Cork-Dublin line and the overcrowding of train services on Friday evenings. I fail to understand how, in an era when health and safety are so important, trains can be allowed to travel on a mainline route with passengers standing between carriages and in aisles when an automated ticketing system operable in all stations could indicate precisely how many seats are available and ticketing could be directly linked to seat availability. This must be addressed before there is an accident, for which we all will be held accountable.