Britain's Premier League Heritage Railway Links Up Passengers to the Web

Dorset, UK, December 15, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​
Fusion WiFi are delighted to announce that they have teamed up with Swanage Railway to provide free social WiFi at the Swanage station.

It’s more good news for Swanage Railway as only two weeks ago it was announced that the Swanage to Wareham railway line is to reopen in the summer of 2016, 40 years after it was ripped up.

'By proving free WiFi at Swanage Railway we can improve the experience for those people who love to be connected and give them the opportunity to share via social media their experience immediately.'

David Rawsthorn, Head of Sales and Marketing at The Swanage Railway

The beautiful and picturesque railway route now complemented by WiFi will allow 140,000 train passengers per year  to connect to the internet as soon as they arrive back at the station and share their experience of one of Dorset’s most popular tourist destinations.

Free Wi-Fi access is increasingly becoming an important factor for significant majority of travellers and tourists. Local businesses have started to offer complimentary WiFi to their customers to be able to create a memorable visit experience.

Adam Troman, CEO of Fusion WiFi said, ‘Connecting Wareham to Swanage was an amazing project for Dorset tourism and now we have connected Swanage Railway to the rest of the world. With more people able to share their experience of this heritage site, it will no doubt attract more visitors to Swanage and Dorset.’

David Rawsthorn, Head of Sales and Marketing at The Swanage Railway commented, ‘We have some fantastic attractions coming up at Swanage Railway and being able to make more of our enthusiastic customers aware of these events is majorly important to our business. Winter Warm up is on 28th Dec with T9, M7 and Diesels on display.

‘By proving free WiFi at Swanage Railway we can improve the experience for those people who love to be connected and give them the opportunity to share via social media their experience immediately.‘

The Swanage Railway, one of Britain’s Premier League heritage lines, a highly popular tourist destination is an award-winning standard gauge preserved steam railway located in Dorset with easy access from neighbouring Hampshire and the South of England.

Fusion WiFi Ltd is a WiFi platform provider, helping businesses turn their existing Free WiFi network into a smarter tool by enabling users to connect via social media channels. Fusion WiFi works globally, and is already proven across 5 continents.  Fusion WiFi  provide their service to Bournemouth Borough Council, covering high-traffic areas including the Triangle, Gardens, Bournemouth Square, Pier Approach and either side of Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers.  Working in collaboration with Bournemouth Borough Council, the network provides speeds of up to 1 gigabit – 100 times faster than the UK’s average home broadband speeds, and is a speed we believe to be the fastest outdoor WiFi network in the world.