Expanding the high speed internet network facility for rail users, the Railways will launch the Google’s free Wi-Fi service at the Bhubaneswar station on April 17.
It will be the second railway station to be covered under the project after Mumbai Central in the country.
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is scheduled to inaugurate the Wi-Fi service.
Designed to offer rail users the best internet experience, Wi-Fi will be available to any user who has a smartphone.
Trial of the Wi-Fi is going on for some time at the Bhubaneswar station, said a senior railway official.
Rail users would be able to stream high definition videos while waiting for their respective trains at the railway station with Wi-Fi becoming operational. Under the Digital India initiative, the Railways is committed to providing better internet facilities to passengers at 100 busiest stations by the end of this year.
Besides Bhubaneswar, trials are going on at about 10 more stations, including Jaipur, Patna, Ranchi, Ernakulum, Allahabad, lucknow and Guwahati, to have the Wi-Fi service shortly.
Railtel, a PSU of the Railways, in collaboration with Google is providing free Wi-Fi service at stations.
Eventually, the service will be rolled out at 400 stations across the country covering all major rail premises.
The network is built for wide coverage and high capacity usage unlike a typical Wi-Fi hotspot which offers connectivity in a limited area.