Seanad debates

Thursday, 14 November 2002

Rail Services and Related Transport Matters: Statements.

 

The rail links between Sligo and Limerick and between Limerick and Rosslare are in the same position now that the Harcourt Street line was in 50 years ago. People wanted to know who used it and for what it was used. I would like a hop-on hop-off tourist train to go from Dublin around the country. I would be interested to know the take-up. The Minister did not mention the passenger capacity on trains or the amount of take-up. On what percentage of their total capacity are trains running at present? We only seem to see long queues in the stations and trains on which people cannot get seats. People cannot book seats at present, although that is changing. When the new trains come on stream, we should get closer to economies of scale. I know that argues against my first point.

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