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Free wi-fi steams into St Pancras
News As well as wi-fi hotspots popping up at railway stations, onboard train wi-fi services are proliferating and also being used as a tool to attract travellers. Does your local railway station offer free wi-fi? [06 Aug 2008]
GNER Chose THUS to Provide a Next-Generation Network to Transfer Business-Critical Data Up and Down the Country, 365 Days a Year..
White Paper Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) provides high-speed train services along the East Coast Main Line, a key transport link between regions of England and Scotland and one of Britain's fastest railway lines. [11 Jul 2008]
Free wi-fi arrives in York station
News Travellers using York railway station can now enjoy free wi-fi while they wait for their train. Station manager and train operator National Express East Coast has introduced free wireless internet across most of the station, which is used by more... [13 Jun 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News Railway stations and ferries also contributed to worldwide wi-fi growth, according to the index, with usage at the former rocketing 238 per cent.iPass said new wi-fi deployments on trains are likely to continue to fuel this growth. [14 Mar 2008]
Rail travellers lapping up free wi-fi
News A free wi-fi service on the East Coast Main Line railway is proving extremely popular with passengers. Alan Hyde, head of communications at National Express East Coast, said in a statement: "Anecdotally, major employers along the East Coast route... [05 Mar 2008]
Business Traveller: Staying connected on planes, trains and automobiles
Comment T-Mobile is helping Southern Railway to wire up the London to Brighton line with wireless access. The service is currently available on nine of Southern Railway trains and forms part of T-Mobile's nationwide hotspot network. [02 Jun 2006]
Eurostar joins on-board Wi-Fi bandwagon
News GNER says customers experience speeds about the equivalent to an ADSL connection, though connections speed varies based on obstacles on the railway track and coverage offered by different wireless networks along the route. [09 Feb 2004]
GNER Wi-Fi train trial on track
News You will experience approximately the same kind of quality as with a DSL connection though the connection speed will vary based on obstacles along the railway track and the amount of coverage offered for the different networks used," the website... [01 Dec 2003]
Exclusive: GNER to offer wireless broadband on trains
News The train operator is looking for one contractor, which can demonstrate a fully deployed and working commercial solution on a European railway, to provide the service. Train operator GNER is planning a groundbreaking on-board wireless broadband... [08 Aug 2003]
Devil's Advocate: How to make technology work
Comment Most weeks, I travel the East Coast mainline, usually the fastest railway line in the UK. The Land Rover was not Railtrack's responsibility but the other two look very much like examples of poor maintenance of the railway track. [20 Aug 2002]
