A freight strategy has been published by Iarnród Éireann, the operator of the national railway network of Ireland – also known in English as Irish Rail. The document, Rail Freight 2040 Strategy, sets out the Dublin government’s plans for an ambitious four hundred per cent increase in operations, raising traffic to over one hundred new flows weekly. The aim is also to radically reduce the carbon footprint of rail freight service, with the existing diesel fleet replaced by new low carbon motive power.