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Rail Services Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Ceisteanna (68)

Robert Troy

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68. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of commitments to increase the frequency of the DART through the Phoenix Park tunnel to every ten minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25407/18]

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The Deputy appears to be raising two separate issues here as the DART does not currently run through the Phoenix Park Tunnel.

Since its reopening in November 2016, the Phoenix Park Tunnel has seen commuters on the Kildare to Dublin Heuston line benefit from having the option of direct trains to city centre stations such as Connolly, Tara, Pearse and Docklands. I am advised by National Transport Authority (NTA) that from December 2018 Maynooth services will be extended to off-peak periods as well as peak periods. Additional off-peak and weekend services from Kildare via the Phoenix Park Tunnel are expected by mid-2019. 

I am also advised by NTA that an all-day 10 minute DART service will be introduced from September this year.  In addition, procurement work has begun with an order expected to be placed in 2019 for hybrid diesel-electric rail fleet to provide an extended DART service across the Dublin rail network as envisaged in the National Development Plan.

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