Irish Rail Responds

Dear Conor,

I refer to you comment logged with on our website yesterday in relation to our new car park in Leixlip (Louisa Bridge). Our intention is to charge €5 per week for or €2 per day as you mention. This means that daily commuter will have to pay €1 per day for parking.

We have discussed this proposal with local representative groups and they agree that it is a reasonable charge for parking beside the station. As I am sure you will appreciate we need to generate some revenue from such a facility to cover the costs of its ongoing management and maintenance.

I believe that most customers will agree that this car park will make public transport more attractive to them and suspect that it won’t be long before it becomes very popular.

Yours sincerely,


Service Planning Manager
Northern & Eastern