We’re upgrading all of our 56 Pendolino trains, improving the on-board equipment which will allow us to extend free Wi-Fi to every Pendolino customer.

The £7.5m investment is part of the recent direct award agreed with the Government. The upgrade works will start in May 2018 and will be undertaken by the UK-based rail supply chain, supporting skilled jobs in the sector. The new technology will be ‘future-proofed’ so it will be compatible with 5G mobile networks as they come on stream and offer further speed improvements.

We will also be investigating how to eliminate ‘not-spots’ - places without mobile phone coverage - across the West Coast to enable our customers to work more effectively during their journeys.