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LU/Elizabeth Line 4G update
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Oh no! I do this journey every day and quite enjoyed the break because it tended to be the time when those annoying people playing TikTok / reels out loud put their phones away.
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It would be cool if they could do the Hampstead Tunnel to complete data availability on the Mildmay line, although it’s probably not even part of this scheme not being a tube line.
The only section of London Overground which is currently part of the scheme is on the Windrush core section. It hasn't been enabled yet.
I suppose you could also argue that the tunnel at Kensal Green is another section of the London Overground that's [going to be] covered, although I imagine that's only included because it's on the Bakerloo line.
I was also wondering, is this the only bit of NR infrastructure that is included?
Idk about you but I suffer from quite strong claustrophobia and that tunnel is actually one of the very few if not the only one in London where it is “normal” for trains to stop for up to 5 minutes. So this has been a massive relief for me
Can confirm that Vodafone has signal also on this stretch. Two things interesting is that I only get 3 bars and also that it’s only 4G, whereas the rest of the network it’s almost always 4 bars of 5G.
Yes, every tunnelled section on every LU line, plus the Elizabeth line, even shorter tunnels in what are otherwise open sections, will be covered.
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I heard a rumour the rest of the Jubilee line north of Westminster is now covered - is that true?
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It wasn’t as of this morning! I use it several days a week so I would be very grateful if your rumours were true…
Interesting on the Elizabeth line this morning (during the peak) whereby despite saying I had 5G with all bars of signal displaying, there was no signal whatsoever and nothing was loading. I had a look around me and there were at least two other people trying to use the web and nothing was loading for them either. This was beteeen Bond St and Farringdon. When we got to Farringdon it picked up.
It’s not working on EE anymore. Maybe it was a test or something
bluegoblin7
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4G only on the Victoria line between Highbury & Islington and King’s Cross, and full 5G between KX and Euston this morning, which seems to be a new addition (wasn’t there yesterday!). It has occasionally been possible to get signal at KX spilling over from Euston, but seems to be the full thing now.
Noticed this today too, although (on o2) it was only about halfway between Highbury and KX that my data actually started working to load webpages, despite displaying 4G before that. Might have possibly been my phone acting up though, will have another proper look tomorrow. Didn't get a chance to check northbound as travelled home a different route today.
I travelled in both directions between Highbury and Kings Cross. Going southbound my phone picked up a signal but no 4G, going north it picked up a signal with 4G but only for about 40% of the tunnel. I am on EE, and the second vodafone sim on my phone has no signal (as it usually does)
It was all back to normal on Friday when I was up there. No issues watching YouTube between Bond Street and Whitechapel in both directions.
I’m wondering if it was just the volume of customers. A LU train and platform is unlikely to have that number of people all in one place at the time whereas the 345s can obviously transport a lot more people.
It's worth remembering that the Elizabeth Line system is significantly inferior to the London Underground solution.
The LUL one was procured much more recently and had been planned for high capacity 5G connectivity from the start, while the EL/XR solution was designed with 4G in mind, and the 5G deployed has been relatively low capacity frequencies and not the mid-band frequencies (in the UK, this is known as "n78") which you expect in major cities and high capacity locations.
One of the issues with locking in designs like this early on in procurement and construction, I suppose. And it's unlikely it'll be upgraded soon considering it's nowhere near end of life yet, having launched just a year or so ago.
The LUL one was procured much more recently and had been planned for high capacity 5G connectivity from the start, while the EL/XR solution was designed with 4G in mind, and the 5G deployed has been relatively low capacity frequencies and not the mid-band frequencies (in the UK, this is known as "n78") which you expect in major cities and high capacity locations.
One of the issues with locking in designs like this early on in procurement and construction, I suppose. And it's unlikely it'll be upgraded soon considering it's nowhere near end of life yet, having launched just a year or so ago.
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Does anyone know when we can expect the Bank branch of the Northern Line to receive internet?
Still not working as of today. Not sure if it just EE or they switched it off entirely due to some reasons
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Not working on Vodafone either, although it was last week.
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Yes so much for being complete by April last year!
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Does anyone know when the southern section of the Victoria Line, and the rest of the Northern Line will go live?
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Not if you're Vodafone!
Vodafone doesn’t have great signal above ground too so no surprise…