Soon, commuters will get free WiFi at railway stations across the country. Reports have surfaced saying that, the Indian Railways will be providing free WiFi at 6,485 railway stations in the next 100 days.
According to DNA, the Indian Railways have already completed installing WiFi services at 1,603 stations, authorities claim that the balance 4,882 stations will be completed within this stipulated time frame. Currently, 260 railway stations on the Western and Central Railways which also includes Mumbai suburban stations, already have this facility. In coming days, the CR will install WiFi facilities at 254 stations and WR on 281 stations.
A railway official told the leading daily, "The IR's subsidiary RailTel, in a tie-up with Tata Trust, is providing the WiFi under the name RailWire. It focuses on broadband and VPN services to provide free internet connectivity. Only the halt stations where passengers are far and few in between, will not have this facility."
The commuters who will use this WiFi facility will be automatically directed to the RailWire homepage. After which they will have to enter their mobile number to get the OTP, which would be sent thereafter. After the OTP authentication is done, they can use the free WiFi network at a speed of 50 Mbps for up to 30 minutes per day.
