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King’s Cross rail tunnels get improved phone coverage - ianVisits
Although the tunnel section involved is very short, having that connectivity will no doubt benefit passengers as they may be checking onward connections on approach to the station or making calls as they get settled in on their journey from London. Is there any other section of the railway that may benefit from improved mobile coverage?The tunnels just outside King’s Cross station are a noted blackspot for mobile phone coverage for people arriving or leaving the station – but that should change soon.
A joint project is adding phone coverage transmitted into the tunnels, and the first of the new antennas was installed during the recent closure for rail maintenance works.
The delivery of the project, funded by LNER working in collaboration with Network Rail and the mobile network operators, will mean the tunnels will be the first on the country’s operational railway to be fitted with a new bespoke solution installed by Linbrooke.