(Source: Wikimedia Commons)The Transport Minister says he would like to see a rail network return to the Northwest.
The first All-Island Strategic Rail Review, which makes 30 recommendations, is being brought before Cabinet today.
The review wants faster speeds, improved frequency, and new rail routes for people and freight, particularly across the west and north of the country.
Minister Eamon Ryan says the country has let its rail network lapse for too long:
"It's long term. It's where we want to go to bring back rail. Early part of the last century we probably had the best rail network in the world. We've let it lapse."
"We've lost lines, we've given up on rail freight, we don't have a connection to the north west and what the report says is we bring back rail."
"We bring back rail as way of getting better balanced regional development, particularly to Donegal."
