Asked by: Tracy Gilbert (Labour - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve digital connectivity for passengers on East Coast Main Line services.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
As part of the Spending Review, the Department was successful in securing funding to deploy low earth orbit satellite connectivity for all mainline trains to improve on-train WiFi for passengers. This will include London North Eastern Railway, which will see improvements as part of this deployment.
The Department has also been working with Network Rail to deliver improved connectivity on the rail network. Project Reach will renew fibre optic cables and address 4G / 5G mobile signals in 57 key mainline tunnels.