FOI request detail

WiFi Access

Request ID: FOI-0801-1718
Date published: 26 July 2017

You asked

“Please provide a list of tube stations with the highest number instances of accessing the e internet via the public wi-fi”

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-0801-1718

Thank you for your email received by us on 02 July 2017 asking for information about Wi-Fi Access.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold the information you require.  You asked:

Can you please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act
“Please provide a list of tube stations with the highest number instances of accessing the e internet via the public wi-fi”

Please find attached a summary table of the top twenty busiest stations in terms of Wi-Fi clients accessing the public internet over the past month:

 
 

Map Location

London Underground

Row Labels

Sum of Maximum Associated Clients

Kings Cross & St Pancras

2359

Bank & Monument Station

2332

Oxford Circus

2113

Waterloo

1518

Green Park

1437

Stratford Station

1408

Baker Street

1337

London Bridge Station

1280

Euston

1244

Liverpool Street

1087

Holborn Station

984

Earls Court Station

976

Wembley Park

934

Victoria

850

Stockwell

828

Westminster Station

827

Embankment

824

Warren Street Station

783

South Kensington

710

Piccadilly Station

709

 
 

There are a number of wireless access points at each station.  The access points are the devices that provide the connectivity for the users to the Internet.  The “Sum of Maximum Associated Clients” represents the total maximum number of connections seen across all of these devices.

If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Paulina Tuffour
FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

 

 
 

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