AQW 7927/09 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development

To ask the Minister for Regional Development to detail Translink's plans to introduce new rolling stock to facilitate additional Enterprise services.

Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 20 May 2009

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Tabled
20 May 2009
Answer due by
4 June 2009
Answered
28 May 20098 days after tabling
Department
Department for Infrastructure
Priority question
No

Answer

A business case was prepared by Northern Ireland Rail and Iarnród Éireann which examined the options for increasing the frequency of the Enterprise service to an hourly basis. Due to the capital and revenue cost of refurbishing and running surplus rolling stock held by Iarnród Éireann, no commitment was given to the introduction of frequency improvements in the foreseeable future. There are, therefore, no plans to introduce new rolling stock to the Enterprise service. However, the two railways companies are exploring the scope for improving the reliability of the rolling stock on the Enterprise line.

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