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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2005

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Questions (341)

John Deasy

Question:

408 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Transport the total spending on railway lines (details supplied) in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. [30074/05]

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Written answers

Iarnród Éireann has supplied the following information in answer to the Deputy's question. It is not possible to give a precise breakdown in regard to each of the lines as some of the trackwork is shared between the various routes. The expenditure shown in the following table relates to track, signalling and other safety related investment such as level crossings, fencing and bridges which is line specific.

Route

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Totals

€ million

Dublin-Sligo

20.0

9.0

10.3

5.5

5.2

50.0

Portarlington-Galway

7.1

6.9

6.8

10.6

5.4

36.8

Limerick Junction-Limerick-Ennis

3.3

4.0

7.0

11.1

2.4

27.8

Mallow-Tralee

7.8

6.3

4.9

2.8

4.0

25.8

Dublin-Cork

8.3

9.3

13.2

7.4

7.7

45.9

Cherryville Junction-Waterford

6.5

7.4

10.6

2.6

8.4

35.5

Athlone-Westport/Ballina

10.4

19.7

13.2

13.7

3.1

60.1

Dublin-Rosslare

13.6

16.1

20.0

20.4

17.2

87.3

Totals

77.0

78.7

86.0

74.1

53.4

369.2

In addition to what I have outlined, expenditure was also incurred in projects such as Heuston Station, €107 million, which benefited all the services out of that station. A total of €312 million was spent on rolling stock over the same period which is also not route specific.

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