AQW 7927/09

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 20/05/2009
Answered On Date: 28/05/2009
Priority Written: No

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

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.