Railways: Franchises

Transport written question – answered at on 24 February 2014.

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Photo of Stephen McPartland Stephen McPartland Conservative, Stevenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase passenger access to WiFi in the new franchise on the Greater Thameslink Northern line route from September 2014 .

Photo of Stephen Hammond Stephen Hammond The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The invitation to tender (ITT) for the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise, published 26 September 2013, did not explicitly specify an increase in passenger access to WiFi.

However, Section 5.7.7 of the ITT (On train facilities and services) states that the Department requires a franchisee who will provide on-train facilities and services (e.g. toilets, luggage space, heating and ventilation, facilities for mobile communications, catering) that are appropriate to the needs of the markets served and operate to a high standard of reliability.

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