Free High-Speed Wi-Fi Provided by SCR Being Used by more than 10 Lakh Rail Passengers in a Month

摘要

Taking forward the Digital India Mission, Indian Railways and Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, has formulated a plan to implement digital initiatives on its entire rail network. As part of this, Free High speed Wi-Fi facility is being provided to benefit the rail users at stations. Starting with Mumbai Central in January 2016, provision of free Wi-Fi named RailWire is extended as much to 1600 major and minor railway stations of Indian Railways within 2 years 4 months duration. It is estimated that 20,000 users everyday are first time users of the internet over Indian Railways. Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager/ SCR opined that, in the present scenario, the use of smart phone & internet has increased enormously with revolutionary change in Technology and therefore free highspeed Wi-Fi will surely help the passengers in all ways like entertainment, information, knowledge, communication and skills. Generally, Railway stations are mass contact areas and providing this facility will help in ease out the waiting time of passengers at stations, he added.