Charing Cross Tube station to trial Wi-Fi

Access available at the ticket hall area and Northern and Bakerloo line platforms during the six month trial.

Customers will be able to access Wi-Fi at Charing Cross Tube station from 1 November, in a six month trial.

London Underground has teamed up with BT Openzone for the trial, which will test how the service works and look at customer take-up, will include live Transport for London service updates available to all Wi-Fi users including non-BT customers.

The ticket hall area and Northern and Bakerloo line platforms at Charing Cross Tube station will become the latest addition to the 1.6 million BT wireless broadband hotspots in the UK.

Any passengers with a Wi-Fi enabled device such as a smartphone, laptop, netbook or tablet computer can access the service.

This trial is part of Transport for London's strategy to use innovative and additional channels in order to make information even more accessible to customers and is being funded through BT with no cost to fare or taxpayers.

Richard Parry, Strategy and Commercial Director for London Underground, said: "Around 68,000 passenger journeys are made a day at Charing Cross Tube station."

"Live service updates will allow passengers to check the status of the Tube and other transport services while they are on the move at the station."

Further information:
Transport for London