First stations named for London Underground WiFi launch
The first stations include some of our busiest and most well-known destinations and we're on-track for a successful launch this summer
- Oxford Circus, Stratford and King's Cross among stations WiFi enabled for free this summer
- Service on track for up to 120 stations connected by end of 2012
London Underground and Virgin Media have named the first London Underground stations that will be WiFi enabled for free this summer.
Stations including Oxford Circus, Stratford, Liverpool Street, Leicester Square and King's Cross will be among the first to launch, with around 80 stations WiFi enabled by the end of July.
Free service for passengers
With the eyes of the world on London this summer, Virgin Media's next generation WiFi service will be made available to all Tube passengers for free throughout the summer.
Millions of commuters and visitors to London will be able to get online at Tube stations and find their way around the Capital with up-to-the-minute TfL travel information, access social media while they wait for their next train on the station platform or browse the web to discover the very best London has to offer this summer.
Gareth Powell, London Underground's Director of Strategy and Service Development, said: 'Our customers will soon be able to connect to the internet for live travel information while they are on the move through stations.
'Bringing a next generation WiFi service to one of the world's oldest underground transport networks is progressing as planned and the forthcoming service is testing well.
'The first stations include some of our busiest and most well-known destinations and we're on-track for a successful launch this summer - all delivered at no additional cost to fare payers or tax payers.'
Testing taking place
Jon James, Executive Director of Broadband at Virgin Media, said: 'In partnership with TfL, we've been working around-the-clock to install and test WiFi on London Underground and are about to connect some iconic and world famous Tube stations with a WiFi service London will be proud of.'
Virgin Media and London Underground engineers continue to test and prepare the forthcoming WiFi service, including recent capacity testing at Chancery Lane underground station where hundreds of devices were connected to the station's WiFi service at exactly the same time to reproduce the service experience of a busy Tube train arriving at the station.
The new free online portal will offer up-to-the-minute TfL service information including TfL's journey planner and entertainment and news content useful for a commute to work or trip into town.
Notes to editors
The London Underground stations planned for installation by the end of July 2012 are:
Aldgate East
Elephant & Castle
London Bridge
St Paul's
Angel
Embankment
Manor House
Stepney Green
Archway Euston
Mansion House
Stockwell
Arsenal
Euston Square
Marble Arch
Stratford
Barbican
Finsbury Park
Marylebone
Swiss Cottage
Bayswater
Goodge Street
Mile End
Temple
Bermondsey
Green Park
North Greenwich
Tottenham Hale
Bethnal Green
Hammersmith (District/Picc)
Old Street
Tower Hill
Blackhorse Road
Heathrow T1-3
Oval
Tufnell Park
Borough
Heathrow T4
Oxford Circus
Vauxhall
Brixton
High Street Kensington
Paddington (Main)
Victoria
Caledonian Road
Highbury & Islington
Piccadilly Circus
Walthamstow Central
Camden Town
Holborn Pimlico
Warren Street
Canada Water
Holland Park
Queensway
Warwick Avenue
Canary Wharf
Hyde Park Corner
Regents Park
Waterloo
Canning Town
Kentish Town
Seven Sisters
Wembley Central
Chancery Lane
Kings Cross/St Pancras
Southfields
Wembley Park
Charing Cross
Lambeth North
Southwark
West Ham
Clapham North
Lancaster Gate
St James Park
Wimbledon Park
Covent Garden
Leicester Square
St Johns Wood
Westminster
Edgware Road (Circle)
Liverpool Street