NEW DELHI, April 3 – For the first time, Indian Railways is introducing Wi-Fi facility on its train service, a plan that was tabled during the recent Railway Budget. The Minister of Railways Pawan Kumar Bansal launched Wi-Fi- facility as a pilot project on Howrah Rajdhani Express on Tuesday.
“To introduce internet access in moving train was a technological challenge considering that the train passes through all type of terrain and continuous Internet access in all weather is to be provided,” he said.
Presently this facility is free to the travelling passengers. Indian Railways intend to extend this service on other Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto express trains progressively based on customer feedback and acceptance.
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