Avanti West Coast: WiFi

(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the National Rail Contract with Avanti West Coast that is set to commence on 15 October 2023 includes Wi-Fi provision on all train services under that contract.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 20th October 2023

The National Rail Contract for Avanti West Coast which began on 15 October 2023 does not contain any specific contractual requirement on the continuation of the provision of Wi-Fi. At this time, there are no plans to change the current provision of free on-board Wi-Fi on Avanti West Coast services.

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