Virgin Media on Friday announced roll out of its Wi-Fi service to 10 more London underground stations taking the tally of total number of stations with its wireless service to 131.
West Hampstead, Finchley Central, Leytonstone, Wanstead, White City, Leyton, Newbury Park, Plaistow, Finchley Road and Upton Park are the underground stations which have now been connected with Wi-Fi.
The company is also planning to cover 10 more underground stations by spring this year. However, more information about the next wave of new stations has not yet been released.
While Virgin Media, EE, Vodafone and O2 customers will be able to use the service for free, other network users will be charged £2 for daily access, £5 per week and £15 for a two-month period.
The popularity of the service, which first went live in 2012 in time for the London Olympics, can be judged from the fact that more than 80,000 people logged on to the service on New Year’s Eve delivering 600,000 tweets, Facebook posts, emails and web pages within 24 hours as per Virgin Media records.
By the end of this year Virgin Media Wi-Fi service will cover all but four subterranean Tube stations with around 160 of all 270 stations in the London Underground network being Wi-Fi covered by the end of the project.
Transport for London in partnership with Sky’s The Cloud service also offers Wi-Fi across 56 London overground stations.
