Tube passengers to go ‘on line’ as 80 London stations get free WiFi
Eighty stations on the London Underground are getting free WiFi connections next month, Transport for London has announced this -mortning.
Millions of commuters and visitors coming for the 2012 Olympics will be able to connect with the internet at stations for up-to-the-minute travel information or link up to social media while waiting at the platform, even deep underground.
The Wifi system is being installed by Virgin Media in a deal with TfL which won’t add anything to fares.
Virgin Media’s Jon James said: “We’ve been working round-the-clock to install and test the WiFi and are about to connect some iconic and world-famous stations to the internet.”
The first 80 stations to be connected at the end of July are:
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Aldgate East, Angel, Archway, Arsenal
Barbican, Bayswater, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Blackhorse Road, Borough, Brixton
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