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Cross Border Rolling Stock Future Requirements

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The railway route between Belfast and Dublin is operated jointly by Translink (NIR) and Iarnrod Eireann (IE). The route has attracted £120 million investment in both infrstructure and rolling stock in recent years and the new Enterprise service was launched in September 1997, providing eight services in each direction Monday-Saturdays and five services on Sundays. Demand for the cross-border rail service has grown by more than 41% since it was launched. There has also been a very substantial increase in the volume of Irish Rail local passengers using the service. This rapid growth exceeded previous forecasts and has led to insufficent capacity to cater for demand at peak times. Against this background, we made reccommendations as to future rolling stock requirements to meet the projected patronage to the year 2012.