Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on improving of the reliability and availability of wifi and mobile connectivity on trains between (a) Penzance and London and (b) Taunton and Bristol.

Great Western is providing free Wi-Fi on a large majority of their services and Cross Country will be providing this from April 2018.

Our priority is for passengers to experience a reliable and highly available mobile service and we will be securing this within future franchises.

Great Western’s new franchise is due to start from December 2019.

Cross Country’s new franchise is due to start from June 2019.