The National Transport Authority has formally acknowledged that capacity on the Galway/Dublin railway line needs to be increased.

NTA spokesperson, Hugh Creegan, told a recent Oireachtas Joint Committee meeting that Irish Rail is working on an analysis – funded by the NTA, with the consent of the Department of Transport – of how to increase the capacity on the Galway/Dublin line.

He was responding to concerns expressed by Galway West Deputy John Connolly, who predicted that issues would arise from expanding capacity when the service remains on a single line for the majority of its route.

“I’m concerned as it is a single track to within........

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