Motion or amendment: All-Island Rail Fares - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Keith Buchanan on .
- MLA
- Mr Keith Buchanan
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 28 November 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “All-Island Rail Fares”
- Heading
- All-Island Rail Fares - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 419759
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All-Island Rail Fares - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘economic growth across’ and insert:
‘all jurisdictions; welcomes the four ongoing rail feasibility studies focusing on plans for the electrification of the railway from Belfast to the border, the reopening of the Antrim to Lisburn railway line with an additional stop at Belfast International Airport, the reinstatement of the Portadown to Armagh route, and a new line between Portadown and Londonderry; recognises, however, that a lack of ambition in relation to public transport in some areas, including County Fermanagh, has led to significant imbalances, creating inequality regionally, in addition to fare disparities for cross-border commuters; calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to work with the Minister of Finance and the Minister for the Economy to bring forward proposals to better align rail fares and service planning between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the context of the investment in cross-border and regional rail infrastructure, envisaged by the All-Island Strategic Rail Review and the Union Connectivity Review; and further calls on the Minister to undertake an assessment of the feasibility of creating an aligned fare structure for cross-border rail services that encourages greater economic growth, reduces barriers to movement, and promotes regional development in all jurisdictions.’
207 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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