GUWAHATI: As a giant leap towards Digital India, Indian Railways is providing fast and free Wi-Fi to passengers at Railway stations. Rail Wire Wi-Fi at Railways stations is gaining popularity and is a preferred choice of the Rail users while at railway stations.
As per a press release, high-speed Wi-Fi services at Railway stations have earlier been provided through the collaboration of RailTel and Google in the first phase. RailTel provided high-speed end to end network connectivity on Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) and Google provided Radio access network equipment along with technical support.
On NF Railway, high-speed Wi-Fi has been provided at 68 stations (22 stations in Katihar Division, 9 stations in Alipurduar Division, 10 stations in Rangiya Division, 17 stations in Lumding Division and 10 stations Tinsukia Division) in the first phase from 2016-17 to 2017-18.
NF Railway provides services in nine states (seven North-eastern states and two Eastern India states namely Bihar and West Bengal). This year 295 stations on NFR (54 stations of Katihar Division, 55 stations of Alipurduar Division, 64 stations of Rangiya Division, 87 stations of Lumding Division and 35 stations of Tinsukia Division) will be provided with Wi-Fi.
Free Wi-Fi services to passengers are being provided under ‘RailWire’ brand - the retail Broadband initiative of RailTel. Designed to offer users the best Internet experience, Wi-Fi will be available to any user who has a Smartphone with working mobile connection for KYC considerations. To use the Wi-Fi the user has to switch on the Wi-Fi mode in the Smartphone and select the RailWire Wi-Fi network.