New Delhi: Railways has completed the task of equipping 100 stations with free Wi-Fi service across the country by the end of 2016 with Kollam in Kerala becoming latest station Wi-Fi-enabled station.
The next move is to cover 400 major stations with free Wi-Fi by next year.
"We started with Mumbai station and have now connected Kollam down south with free Wi-Fi network. With this, we have completed the target of providing free Wi-Fi service at 100 busiest stations, in partnership with Google by 2016," said a senior Railway Ministry official
In January this year, Railways launched its first free Wi-Fi service at Mumbai Central station and then continued with busy stations like Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Howrah, Kanpur, Mathura, Aligarh, Barelli and Varanasi stations.
"Our plan is to cover total 400 major stations with free Wi-Fi service by the end of next year," he said.
According to railways, over 10 million people who pass through these stations every day now have access to fast internet to stream, research their destination or download a new book or game for the journey ahead.
