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Mobile Broadband: Railways

Commons · Question 77832 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2025

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Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure universal mobile data coverage for passengers on the railway network.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 14 Oct 2025

Our ambition is for all populated areas to have higher quality standalone 5G by 2030. In the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy (June 2025), the Government committed to work with Ofcom and other regulators to assess the telecommunications needs of the transp...

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