Guest WiFi for Trains & Rail
Recognised the length of the line.
Hours of captive passengers ride every carriage, and most operators bill that as a cost — POPIA-compliant WiFi over the access points you already own — from the team behind 430+ South African venues. A returning passenger's phone reconnects automatically for the length of the line, without a second login. Crew sign in with the account they already have, and access ends the day their contract does. And the same login can do more — a short survey lands, timed to this exact stretch of the line.
What are you here to solve?
Four ways into trains & rail. Pick the one that sounds like your week.
The onboard WiFi Purple already proves
On Avanti West Coast, Purple's onboard portal drove 3,744 upsell purchases and a 463% ROI, while 263,000 monthly survey responses found £675,000 a year in energy savings. On c2c Railway, the same portal saved £76,000 at a 121% ROI.
Upsells sold through the same login
Purple's onboard portal drove 3,744 upsell purchases and a 463% ROI for Avanti West Coast, on the WiFi already running the length of the line.
A short survey that pays for itself
263,000 monthly survey responses on that same login found £675,000 a year in energy savings for Avanti West Coast — feedback with a number attached.
The operator's own ticket app, promoted at login
c2c Railway saved £76,000 at a 121% ROI by promoting its own ticketing through the WiFi login instead of a third-party app.
A phone recognised the length of the line
SecurePass reconnects a returning passenger automatically, on the same mechanism running across 80,000+ Purple venues — a real return-rate number, not a device count.
Crew sign in with the account they already have
Passwordless access syncs to the operator's own directory — Entra ID, Google Workspace or Okta — and ends the moment a contract closes.
And the same login can do more than connect. Step inside for ten seconds.
The ten seconds your passenger never notices.
A first-time passenger connects onboard.
A branded welcome, one tap — the portal promotes the operator's own ticket app instead of a third-party one, the same mechanic that saved c2c Railway £76,000.
A season-ticket commuter, recognised — and asked one quick question.
Recognised via SecurePass, not re-asked. Beyond can wire that reconnection into a short survey timed to this stretch of the line — the mechanic behind Avanti West Coast's £675,000 a year in energy savings.
A train crew member, on shift.
Passwordless access tied to the operator's own directory — on for the roster, and gone automatically the day the contract ends.
Your passenger never noticed the tech. Your team never lifted a finger.
A 463% ROI and 3,744 upsell purchases on one route, £675,000 a year in energy savings from onboard surveys, and £76,000 saved on another — over the WiFi already running the length of the line.
Deployed, integrated and supported on the ground
Beyond runs and supports live WiFi estates across South Africa — deployed, integrated and kept POPIA-compliant on the ground, not from a call centre in another timezone. Your trains run on the same team that keeps 430+ venues online.
Across our estates we've delivered 11.9M+ guest logins and 1.9M+ POPIA-compliant opt-in records — first-party data that turns a login into a relationship.
Built on Purple — the platform trusted by some of the world's biggest brands, proven across 80,000+ venues in 90+ countries. We make that foundation yours.
What Beyond adds with your ticketing & retail systems
The first-time or day-ticket passenger
Beyond can wire the portal to the operator's own ticket app, so the welcome promotes the fare or upgrade that's actually relevant to this route.
The season-ticket commuter
Recognised the length of the line, not re-asked at every station. Beyond can trigger a short survey timed to a specific stretch of track, so feedback arrives while the issue is still fresh.
The train crew member
Access ties to the operator's own directory — on for the shift roster, gone the day the contract ends, with nobody having to remember to do it by hand.
The commercial lead
Beyond can attribute an upsell or a ticket upgrade straight back to the leg of the journey that triggered it — a number for the next timetable review, not a guess.
You keep your ticketing system, your onboard retail platform and the WiFi already running the length of the line. Beyond wires into what's there — no new SSID, no forklift upgrade.
Where this venue fits
Connect
- Branded captive portal in 25+ languages
- Frictionless entry on hardware you own
- Network health & coverage analytics
Capture
- Guests choose to share their details — and mean it
- Verify — the digital bouncer that blocks fake emails
- Sync to 400+ CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho)
Engage
- SecurePass frictionless auto-connect
- Location & time-triggered journeys
- Insight Surveys — Engage only
Power-Ups for this venue
Bolt-on licences that switch on more without a new platform:
- Insight Surveys
- AI Shield
Where to go next
The Purple features underneath
Frequently asked
Can WiFi actually make money on a train?
Yes — Avanti West Coast turned onboard WiFi into 3,744 upsell purchases and a 463% ROI, real figures from a live Purple deployment.
Will passengers actually fill in a survey?
Yes — 263,000 monthly survey responses on Avanti West Coast's login found £675,000 a year in energy savings. On c2c Railway, the same mechanic saved £76,000 at a 121% ROI.
Can it promote our own ticket app instead of a third party?
Yes — c2c Railway promotes its own ticketing at login instead of a third-party app, part of how it saved £76,000.
Does a season-ticket holder have to log in every journey?
No — SecurePass recognises a returning passenger's phone automatically, the length of the line, without a second login.
What happens to crew access when a contract ends?
It ends automatically. Crew WiFi ties to the operator's own directory, so access is revoked the moment the record closes.
Others on the same thread
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