For the convenience of the passengers, a free Wi-Fi Internet Connection facility has been made available at the stations of East Central Railway (ECR). At present free high-speed Wi-Fi available at 405 stations out of 409 stations targeted under passenger facility on ECR.
Due to the availability of this facility at all the major stations of all the five divisions – Danapur, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Dhanbad, Sonpur and Samastipur divisions spread over 4215 route kilometers, the students, general passengers, businessmen and employed people coming to the station have got a lot of convenience.
The project has been taken up as a mission to transform railway stations into hubs of digital inclusion. The responsibility of implementing this remarkable Digital India initiative has been entrusted to RailTel, a PSU of Indian Railways. RailTel is providing state of the art public Wi-Fi under the brand name of 'Railwire'. Till now this facility is being provided by RailTel at more than 6070 stations across India.
Indian Railways has been at the forefront of implementing digital initiatives to realize the dream of Digital India. Information technology based passenger services like National Train Inquiry System, Computerized Passenger Reservation System, Information Technology oriented passenger facilities like National Train Inquiry System have made rail travel much easier. Indian Railways is taking the lead in providing internet facility to passengers through its Wi-Fi network connectivity at railway stations.
Free high speed Wi-Fi Internet connectivity facility is provided at 98 stations in Samastipur Division, 97 in Danapur Division, 94 in Dhanbad Division, 67 in Sonpur Division and 49 in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Division of ECR. These stations mainly include Patna, Rajendranagar Terminal, Dhanbad, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Gaya, Sasaram and others. Apart from this, this facility has also been made available at distant stations.
The number of Wi-Fi subscribers at these stations is increasing day by day. Railway stations have been developed as Wi-Fi hubs. Passengers coming to the station can use this facility to download online classes, videos, movies, songs, games as well as deal with their other government work online. Students from distant places, especially those appearing in Union Public Service Commission, Railway Recruitment Board, Railway Recruitment Cell and Staff Selection Commission and other examinations, can take advantage of this Wi-Fi facility to prepare for their examination.
RailWire homepage automatically appears on the smartphone after selecting the RailWire Wi-Fi network after the user switches the smartphone to Wi-Fi mode to avail this Wi-Fi service. The user has to enter his mobile number on this homepage after which a one-time password (OTP) is received in the form of SMS which is entered in the home page of Railwire. After entering the OTP users can do high speed internet browsing.
