Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I appreciate the extra rail fleet coming online. We must try to address the times and the length of time it takes to get from the north west to Dublin by rail. The distance from Dublin to Roscommon town is ten miles shorter than the distance from Dublin to Boyle, which is on the Sligo line. It takes 50 minutes less to get to Roscommon town on the Sligo-Westport line than it does to get to Boyle town on the Sligo line, which is approximately a nine-mile shorter distance. We must get to work on the times because if we cannot get the travel time down to two hours or an hour and a half, people will not use rail transport and we are trying to get people to use it. I understand and I thank the Minister of State for his reply.