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Which Indian railway station provides Wi-Fi facility first?

Which Indian railway station provides Wi-Fi facility first?

Mumbai Railway station
The railways provided Wi-Fi facility first at the Mumbai Railway station in 2016, reaching its 5000th station, at Midanpore in West Bengal. On May 15, Jarapada station in Angul District of Odisha was also provided with Wi-Fi facility, it said on Sunday.

In which year did the Indian Railways started extending the Wi-Fi facility on stations?

2016
The first railway station with which the Indian Railways started its journey of providing Wi-Fi facility was that in Mumbai in January 2016, it said, adding that a railway station in Midnapore of West Bengal was the 5000th station and yesterday it reached the 6,000 mark with the Hazaribagh Town railway station.

Does Indian Railways have Wi-Fi?

Currently, Wi-Fi facility is being provided by the Indian Railways at more than 6,000 stations on a self-sustainable basis with no cost to the national transporter. The facility is being provided with the help of RailTel, a public sector undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways.

Which is the first railway station in India to have WiFi?

Bangalore City railway station has become the first station in the country to have WiFi facility for providing high speed internet to passengers. WiFi facility will be available to the passengers on their mobile phones free of charges, initially for a period of 30 minutes.

Where can I get free WiFi in Mumbai?

After Mumbai Central, free wifi service will available on 17 Mumbai suburban stations include CST, Churchgate, Dadar, Bandra Terminus, Borivali, Kalyan, Kurla, Thane, Vashi and Panvel, Currently, Google’s free wi-fi is available at 10 indian railway station but in future they are looking for 400 Railways station.

How many people connect to free WiFi in India?

According to Google’s news 1.5 million Indians enjoying Wi-Fi across country. 100,000 users connected to free wifi network within a week at Mumbai Central. More than 3 million users login in each week across the India. Rail-wire internet speed is much faster than average speed, which means it is not like 4G speed but well if you get free.

Can you use free WiFi on RailWire?

Ok, now you can use free railwire Wi-Fi provided by Google. Once you connect with Google’s free network you can use 30 minutes high speed free network. After 30 minutes your connection is active but speed will drop. Most amazing thing is in free time no limits of data use.