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[PSUs]| Monday 1st December 2003 |
GNER, which operates trains on the lines running from Kings Cross, through York and Leeds, to Newcastle and Edinburgh has launched the scheme today on one high-speed train and will gauge customer reaction before deciding whether to provide access across its entire fleet.
The company is using technology from Swedish firm Icomera that comprises antennae mounted on the train roof which are linked to an onboard server and through to a standard wireless network. It is the first such system in the UK.
For the time being the service will be free, and GNER added no decision has yet been made on whether it will charge in future.
Internet access will also be used by train crews to improve communications and provide up-to-the minute information.
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