Meath county councillors are to meet with Minister for Transport Martin Cullen today in an attempt to win his approval for a rail line from Dublin to Dunboyne.
A six-person delegation from the council will seek the reopening of the rail link to Pace, near Fairyhouse racecourse, with possible extensions to Navan and Kells.
Council chairman Brian Fitzgerald said the proposal enjoyed cross-party support in the county, which badly needed better public transport to serve "huge volumes" of commuter traffic.
A spokesman for Mr Cullen said the Meath rail link was one of a number of projects being examined for the Government's 10-year transport plan being drawn up.