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. Purple is the platform 80,000+ venues run on, in 90+ countries. 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.
Proven platform, deployed on the ground
Purple runs the guest WiFi for some of the biggest names in retail, banking, hospitality and sport. Beyond's own team deploys it on the hardware you already own, wires it into the systems you already run, and supports it from South Africa — not from a call centre in another timezone. Your trains run on that team.
Built on Purple. We take that foundation and make it yours — the login becomes part of your building.
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 70+ 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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