MORE than 100 weekly freight services across the entire Irish national rail network could be added to the current operation as part of a new rail freight plan announced by Iarnród Eireann- Irish Rail (IÉ).
The Rail Freight 2040 strategy was launched at Ballina, County Mayo, on December 1 by Hildegarde Naughton, Junior Transport Minister with Special Responsibility for International Transport and Logistics. The plan outlines IÉ’s vision for a five-fold increase in freight services over the next two decades, boosted by a substantial half a million Euro investment, while meeting the ever-present environmental targets.