May 2009
Virgin launches Wifi on West Coast Main Line services
Virgin Trains has launched a wifi internet service on its Pendolino trains plying the West Coast Main Line route, with its Super Voyager trains also due to be wifi-enabled by mid-summer.
The rail operator has equipped its 52 Pendolino trains with T-Mobile wifi hotspots, with a further 21 Super Voyager trains also due to be fitted out. The service will be free to first class passengers, while those in standard carriages can either pay on-the-spot for hotspot passes, or access the service via their pay-monthly plans which include unlimited hotspot access.
Mobile has partnered with Nomad Digital to provide the service, having previously worked with the mobility networks provider on the wifi internet provision onboard the Heathrow Express.
