The Railways have always been in the forefront of Nation building by creating better Travel and Tourism opportunities in a region. Northern Railway has effectively contributed towards Prime Minister’s “Digital India” initiative under the visionary leadership of Minister of Railways of turning many Railway stations over the zone into platforms for Digital inclusion by providing free Wi-Fi service. In this regard 15 stations on the Kalka-Shimla Hill Railways, a UNESCO World Heritage Site have been turned into free Wi-Fi zones.
Earlier this facility was available only at 03 stations, Kalka, Shimla and Solan in the section. Now the Wi-Fi facility is available at all the stations coming under this Hill Railway which include Barog, Dharampur Himachal, Gumman, Koti, Kumarhatti Dagshai, Sonwara, Taksal, Kandaghat, Salogra, Knoh, Kathleghat, Shoghi, Tara Devi, Jutogh and Summerhill.
The Broadband Internet Connectivity has been made live with ‘RailWire’ Wi-Fi by RailTel, which is a Mini Ratna CPSU under the Ministry of Railways.
RailTel has successfully provided high speed Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) at 746 stations across India catering to more than 08 million users per month. The PSU provides one of the largest and fastest public Wi-Fi networks of the world. Designed to offer users the best Internet experience, RailWire Wi-Fi is available to any user who has a smartphone with working mobile connection for KYC considerations.
Explaining the modalities of how to use the free RailWire Wi-Fi facility at the stations, Puneet Chawla, CMD/RailTel said that the users have to switch on the Wi-Fi mode in the smartphone and select the RailWire Wi-Fi network.