Railway to Provide Free-Wifi Soon at Seven More Stations

The Railways currently provide free Wi-Fi services at 11 stations.

The Railways will soon launch free Wi-Fi at seven stations across the country. (Photo: The Quint)

• In an effort to provide uninterrupted Internet connection to rail users, the Indian Railways will soon launch free Wi-FI services at seven more stations, including Allahabad and Sealdah.
  
  
• Railways currently provides the service at 11 stations: Mumbai Central, Vijayawada and Jaipur among others. “We will provide free Wi-Fi service in association with Google,” a senior Railway Ministry official said. The stations include Pune, Ernakulum, Lucknow, Ujjain and Gorakhpur.
  
  
• Travellers passing through these stations will now be able to easily stream a high definition video while they are waiting. “Our target is to provide the facility at 100 major stations in the current year,” the official said.
  

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(With inputs from PTI)