Railways: Wifi
(asked on 19th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the requirements are for the funding and delivery of wifi on existing rail franchises.
This question was answered on 24th November 2015
On all Department for Transport-controlled rail franchises, in England and Wales, free Wi-Fi is being introduced. All train operators bidding for new franchises and direct award agreements will have to include this specification in their bid.
Where there was no new franchise agreement due by December 2016, almost £50 million of funding is being released from the Department for Transport to ensure Wi-Fi is available on selected services. The operators in this group are:
- Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN);
- Southeastern;
- Chiltern; and
- Arriva Trains Wales.