Seán Crowe
Question:1096 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if there will be a future rail link for Kells and beyond. [28889/06]
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Questions (1030, 1031)
Joe Higgins
Question:1098 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will re-open the Kells to Navan section of the old Navan rail line. [28975/06]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1096 and 1098 together.
There are no plans to re-open the former Kells to Navan section of the old Navan rail line. Under Transport 21 the old Navan rail line will be re-opened in two phases with the first phase running off the Maynooth line, at Clonsilla, to the M3 interchange at Pace, near Dunboyne. There will be a major Park and Ride facility at Pace on the M3 interchange. Subject to further studies, it is proposed to extend the rail line to Navan within the 10-year period of Transport 21. Iarnród Éireann and Meath County Council are developing terms of reference for a scoping study for the extension to Navan.