FREE WiFi is coming to 24 Chiltern Railway stations over the next few months – including High Wycombe, Beaconsfield at Princes Risborough.

The rail provider has announced a partnership with WiFi provider The Cloud to offer free access in the stations.

Also benefitting will be Gerrards Cross, Seer Green, Princes Risborough, Great Missenden, Denham, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Great Missenden and Haddenham & Thame Parkway stations. WiFi at all connected stations will be free to all customers for up to an hour each day.

Chad Collins, Head of Stations at Chiltern Railways said: “WiFi at our stations is one of the things that our customers have said that they want and we’re delighted to be offering this in partnership with The Cloud at no additional cost to station users.

"We were also the first company to offer free WiFi on all of our longer distance trains. The addition of easy-to-access WiFi at stations makes it the perfect environment to travel to and from work.”

Vince Russell, Managing Director at The Cloud, said: “More and more commuters are using smartphones and tablets as they travel to catch up on email, download documents or check social networks.

"People’s behaviour is changing and even a few seconds spent in a waiting room or on a platform is an opportunity for them to check their devices. WiFi simply makes that a faster and more enjoyable experience. Chiltern Railways has understood this behaviour shift and we expect other rail companies to follow suit.”

Chiltern Railways and The Cloud anticipate that it will take four months to connect all 24 stations. Warwick Parkway was the first to go live today and this will follow with Haddenham & Thame Parkway and Warwick next week.