Is it true that trains are all going to become WiFi enabled?
Many people who suffer from electrical sensitivity are finding it harder to travel by train. Far from ‘letting the train take the strain’ they are increasingly being excluded from access to public transport. One person told us “I couldn’t contemplate taking a train journey in a carriage offering wireless internet facilities. I get headaches after 10 minutes of exposure to radiofrequency radiation.” She continues “electrosensitives will become increasingly isolated from work places and public spaces.” Travellers exposed frequently to these microwave sources may well develop electrical hypersensitivity, with all the lifestyle changing problems that this diagnosis carries with it. Ten stations, Reading, Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Exeter St Davids, Bristol Parkway, Plymouth, Newbury and Slough this summer began to offer online internet access for use by business passengers waiting for trains on platforms or in the waiting areas. There is a charge for the servi
