Stormont will need to find £7.7 billion to fund the rail improvements on the table
A draft report of the plans across both NI and the Republic of Ireland was released yesterday .
An upgrade of the network is also included, which could see large sections upgraded to a dual track, four in some places, to increase rail speeds to around 125mph.If the recommendations in this new rail review are implemented this would increase to 1,845 miles of new low-carbon, faster rail lines. He added: “We now have a £30bn rail restoration plan that will help decarbonise transport across Ireland, connect people and opportunities in communities that have been severed from economic investment for far too long and bring people across our island closer together.
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