First stations named for London Underground WiFi launch
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The first London Underground stations that will be WiFi enabled for free this summer have been named by London Underground and Virgin Media. Stations including Oxford Circus, Stratford, Liverpool Street, Leicester Square and King's Cross will be among the first to launch, with around 80 stations due to be WiFi enabled by the end of July.
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."
According to Powell, Virgin Media and London Underground engineers recently completed 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.
Jon James, executive director of Broadband at Virgin Media, said: "In partnership with Transport for London, 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."