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Free Wi-Fi Coming to Scottish Trains
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UK based railway operator, ScotRail has announced plans to deploy free Wi-Fi on all 59 of ScotRail's 'class 170' trains. The fleet operates between most Scottish cities and in the Fife and Stirling areas.
At present four class 170s offer Wi-Fi connectivity, fitted as part of a trial launched in the summer. Customer feedback revealed that 77% of users were satisfied with the speed and performance of the Wi-Fi, with personal and business use found to be 72% and 28% respectively.
From March 2013 the number of Wi-Fi trains in passenger service will steadily increase, at a rate of five or six each month.
ScotRail is also drawing up plans to provide train running information and other useful services on its Wi-Fi landing page.
Steve Montgomery, managing director of ScotRail, said: "We are confident the installation of free Wi-Fi will be warmly welcomed by our customers. More journeys are made on our class 170s than any other of our trains, so it makes sense to begin the roll-out on this fleet.
"We will be fitting Wi-Fi during planned weekend maintenance, to avoid taking trains out of service."
The contract to install Wi-Fi has been awarded to Icomera, one of two companies who took part in the trial in the summer.
Tags: [wi-fi] [railway] [icomera] [UK]
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