Railways: Franchises
(asked on 30th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require all new franchise agreements to provide a minimum standard of mobile connectivity on trains.
This question was answered on 7th July 2014
A minimum standard of mobile connectivity is not currently specified when letting rail franchises but the Department for Transport is committed to working with industry partners, such as Network Rail, in developing mobile connectivity and has recently awarded franchises on TSGN and Essex Thameside which included improvements in this area as proposed by the winning bidders.