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ScotRail Launches Satellite-Delivered On-Train WiFi Service

(12 May 2025, BWCS Staff)
UK train operator ScotRail has today announced the start of a trial involving satellite-delivered broadband to six trains trundling across the most northerly parts of its network. The specially-upgraded trains will use technology developed in conjunction with Bathgate-based Clarus Networks to deliver faster, more reliable, passenger WiFi services via a connection to Starlink Low Earth Orbit satellites. In what the operator is calling a UK-first, the six Class 158 trains will enable passengers to remain connected on routes from Inverness to Wick, Thurso, Kyle of Lochalsh, and Aberdeen. The......