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Originally Posted by jacko
Isnt that the plan - NRA & RPA to merge into Transport Infrastructure Ireland - giving the new body control of the rail network is the next obvious step with IR responsible for the day to day running of the trains
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In theory yes but the NRA and RPA are unitary entities - if IE Infrastructure was to be hived out of CIE/IE work would have to start now to create the requisite boundaries so that TII could gulp it up and leave clear division of responsibilities between them and the IE rump. For instance - would it be just track and yards transferred or stations too? Some stations are used to park BE equipment - would that land be separated or would CIE lease the necessary parking? How would pensions be handled? etc. etc. etc.