Free WiFi

WiFi coming to Cambridgeshire trains.

19:22 26 July 2017

Rail travellers using Great Northern trains will soon have access to free WiFi as Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) starts to roll out the service on more of its trains.

 

A spokesman said: "Following its arrival on Gatwick Express in September 2016, the worldwide web is now available on newly-introduced Class 387 trains on the Great Northern route to and from King's Cross.

 

"From later this year and through next year, WiFi will be steadily introduced across other fleets on the GTR network, including Thameslink."

 

GTR's engineering director Gerry McFadden said: "GTR was brought in to modernise the railway. That means bringing in new trains as well as new services, infrastructure and working practices to address the massive increase in passenger numbers on this, the UK's most congested railway.

 

"One of the intended spin-offs is the introduction of on-board WiFi. We've had it on our new Gatwick Express fleet for 10 months; now it's been switched on across our new Great Northern trains.