Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 98117

East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve digital connectivity for passengers on East Coast Main Line services.

Answer

Keir Mather

As part of the Spending Review, the Department was successful in securing funding to deploy low earth orbit satellite connectivity for all mainline trains to improve on-train WiFi for passengers. This will include London North Eastern Railway, which will ...

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