Railways: WiFi
(asked on 27th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether free WiFi will be required of train operating companies in all future franchise agreements.
This question was answered on 3rd June 2015
As the Department announced in February this year, rail passengers will benefit from free Wi-Fi on trains across England and Wales from 2017. All train operators bidding for new franchises and direct award agreements will have to include this specification in their bid.
Where there is no new franchise agreement due in the next 2 years, almost £50 million of funding will be released from the Department for Transport to ensure Wi-Fi is available.