Transport for LondonMobile coverage for Waterloo & City line
LONDON Underground (LU) has announced a six-month trial of mobile phone and new technology services on the Waterloo & City line.
The trial, which will start next year, will make mobile phone coverage available on the Waterloo & City platforms at Bank and Waterloo stations, and during travel between the two stations.
Richard Parry, LU's strategy and service development director, said: 'The belowground sections of the Underground are one of the few places in London where you are unable to use a mobile phone.
'We recognise that there is now growing demand for mobile coverage to be extended to deep-level sections of the Tube.
'The key aim of the trial is to conclude whether it is technically and commercially viable for coverage to be extended across the Tube network.'
As part of the trial, a comprehensive survey of customer attitudes towards mobile phone coverage on the Tube will be carried out and will inform the final decision on whether to extend coverage across the network.
A recent LU survey revealed 56 per cent of passengers would support being able to use a mobile phone in all parts of the Underground network, including trains and stations, if it was available.
The technology could also mean that passengers could receive up-to-theminute travel information via a mobile phone or other device while on the Tube.
