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Scotrail wifi survey

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  1. Tulyar
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    If you are using the E-G route covered by the current pilot scheme there is a survey to ask about your experience of the service - prize draw for sleeper tickets.

    http://www.scotrail.co.uk/wifi

    With wifi it becomes even more attractive to use train rather than drive, and potentially the mobile phone signal can be more consistent as well (although that issue was sorted 30 years ago with leaky feeder aerials in Germany!)

    Who knows we might drive down use of the M8 so much that it is considered as under used and reduced to a single carriageway (Those who remember David Begg's days as Chair of Transportation will recall such remarks about the M9 "If it was a railway line carrying so little traffic it would have been closed and ripped up years ago")

    Posted 12 years ago #
  2. mgj
    Member

    There's never been wifi on any of my trips to Glasgow yet; I'd make use of it if I could.

    Posted 12 years ago #
  3. cb
    Member

    "FREE wi-fi will be available on ScotRail trains between Scotland’s cities by the end of next year, ministers announced yesterday."

    http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-prepares-wi-fi-rollout-for-services-1-2691736

    Posted 11 years ago #
  4. crowriver
    Member

    I'm glad they're extending it to the Aberdeen train. Should be quite useful.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  5. cb
    Member

    Should be quite useful

    Although I note that the article says:

    "However, passengers were warned the service, which speeds up internet access, will be available only in existing mobile phone coverage areas."

    Hopefully they're not using Vodafone otherwise it will be as good as useless.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  6. Calum
    Member

    Apparently they combine the signal from all the mobile phone networks

    Posted 11 years ago #
  7. Smudge
    Member

    Never been working when I've tried it!

    Posted 11 years ago #
  8. Shugster
    Member

    I used to work for a telecoms company, and Railtrack at the time objected to all planning permission for mobile mast trying to cover the railway, making covering the rail routes almost impossible, the refused to allow 3G on existing mast on land they controlled etc etc. Hence the very poor mobile coverage on trains. I was even landed with the "dead" project of trying to upgrade a certain mobile operators sites on Railtrack landed. Had some success in London, but hit a total and utter brick wall in Scotland

    Posted 11 years ago #

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