EDMONTON – Public transit users will now have something to keep them entertained while waiting at any of the 15 LRT stations along the main Capital Line. Free, public, Open City Wi-Fi has been set up at all LRT stations.
“We promised that all stations along the Capital Line would be Wi-Fi ready by the end of the year,” Musse Dese, with city Customer Service and Innovation, said. “Open City Wi-Fi allows our customers to stay connected and be productive while using the LRT.”
The city is using its own fibre to provide the service.
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In February, Southgate LRT Station became the first one in the city to get Wi-Fi. Then, the service expanded to other stations.
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The city plans to keep expanding the Open City Wi-Fi network in the coming year, starting with the Metro LRT stations.
Last winter, a report to Edmonton’s transportation committee outlined the possibility of expanding Wi-Fi and cellphone coverage along the entire LRT route, including stations and tunnels.
A spokesperson for the Office of the City Manager said the city is negotiating agreements with a vendor to start the design and development of the wireless network inside the trains and tunnels, but there is no timeline at this point.
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There are a total of 82 locations across the city that now have Open City Wi-Fi.
You can view an interactive map that shows the locations that have Wi-Fi here.
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