[James Shields]

Cullen unveils 67 new carriages in Cork

Transport Minister, Martin Cullen, today officially launched 67
new carriages to Iarnrod Eireann Intercity fleet, which form part
of a E117m upgrade of rolling stock

Welcoming the new carriages into Kent Station in Cork, the
Minister said that "the new carriages will greatly enhance what is
one of the busiest routes on the rail network. These are exciting
times for the development of the rail network including the
biggest rail investment package in the history of rail in Ireland
with 253 new carriages at a cost of E501 million.

In addition, the minister also said that 150 new intercity
carriages costing E321m will start to arrive next year for service
on the other Intercity routes Dublin -Westport/Ballina, Sligo,
Galway, Tralee, Waterford and Rosslare


This external information has been sourced from Business World,
a service of Media World Ltd.

I trust the minister actually took the train to Cork and back. The language makes it sound like he got the Goverment jet to whisk him down before swanning him off somewhere else.