From early next year, the DART could run earlier, more often and at new times.
Irish Rail has confirmed it's considering changing timetables and is looking for passengers' feedback.
The company is looking at running DARTs from Connolly every 10 minutes on weekdays. They currently run every 15 minutes.
It's also proposed that first trains will leave earlier in the morning, and that trains will run more frequently on weekends.
Planned changes to Connolly services:
- DART weekday 10-minute frequency: A major increase in weekday DART frequency from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes all day.
- DART weekday earlier start time: The first DART services are proposed to operate at 05.50 from Malahide (currently 06.30), 06.00 from Howth (currently 06.05), and 05.35 from Bray (currently 05.40)
- DART weekend frequency: A consistent schedule every 15 minutes on Saturday, and every 20 minutes on Sunday, eliminating some existing schedule gaps.
The Transport Minister, Paschal Donohoe says the planned changes should help Irish Rail " to continue to build on the success they have had in recent years in growing passenger numbers."
Anne Graham, CEO of the National Transport Authority said “The Authority is responding to this growth in demand for travel by working with Iarnród Éireann to increase the frequency of DART and commuter services on the Northern line."
Irish Rail's Jim Meade said of the proposed new schedules “we are delighted to be in a position to propose significant service enhancements for our existing customers and to enable more people switch to our services."
"In particular, our proposed 10-minute DART frequency will grow our daily service capacity by almost 25%, and make the DART on weekdays a ‘turn up and go’ service from first train in the morning til last at night", he added.
The public and Irish Rail passengers can have their say on the planned changed here until Tuesday 8th December.
