Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17696

Great Western Railway: Mobile Phones

Tabled: 10 July 2026

Answered: 4 August 2026

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mobile signal coverage on GWR trains.

Answer

Keir Mather

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the adequacy of mobile signal coverage on Great Western Railway (GWR) services. However, the Department has secured funding to deploy low earth orbit satellite technology on mainline trains which will s...

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