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> According to a Transport Focus report cited by the DfT, a survey in December 2022 showed wifi on trains was a lower priority for passengers than other feature
by jamil7 3y ago
> According to a Transport Focus report cited by the DfT, a survey in December 2022 showed wifi on trains was a lower priority for passengers than other features – although those included such essentials as value-for-money fares, reliability, punctuality and personal security.
This is some really twisted logic, obviously people are going to prioritise punctuality and reliability before wi-fi if you can't even get your trains running on time. This doesn't mean people don't want wi-fi on the train. Have they really come to the conclusion that removing wi-fi is going to free up money to fix punctuality?
- jjoonathan 3y agoIf the money would actually fix punctuality I suspect many would hold this as the correct priority -- I'm just not remotely convinced that wifi money would do that. If delays were really happening for want of such a pittance, they wouldn't be a problem in the first place.
- jamil7 3y agoThat's what I'm getting at, putting Wi-Fi on this list and then coming to this conclusion doesn't make any sense.
- jeroenhd 3y agoAccording to research a few months later by the same people (https://d3cez36w5wymxj.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/08160814/Transforming-rail-travel-%E2%80%93-what-do-passengers-want-6-March-2023-1.pdf https://d3cez36w5wymxj.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/202...), internet access seems to be valued as very important for modern travel: > Improved internet and mobile connectivity on trains enhances rail’s competitive advantage over other modes of travel and could also be instrumental in delivering the type of real-time information that passengers want.