Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 67811

Railways: Mobile Phones

Tabled: 15 July 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Clive Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department used to determine which lines would be covered by the programme to lay trackside cabling to improve mobile phone connectivity; and what assessment her Department made of potential m

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The first lines selected were those routes that have high numbers of rail passengers and were commercially attractive for the concession partner. It is in the partner and Network Rail's interest for the concession to be cash generative as soon as possible...

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