In view of the increasing use of internet in the present times, Indian Railways is playing a leading role in launching digital efforts to realize the mission of Digital India with its own initiative. Railways have registered a significant increase in passenger amenities through the use of information technology.
Railways are providing pleasant travel experience to the passengers by making remarkable and useful changes in the National Train Inquiry System (NTES) and Passenger Reservation System. Indian Railways is leading the way in the digital era by providing Wi-Fi network connectivity with the objective of providing internet facility at railway stations to the passengers.
Keeping in view the convenience of the passengers and the use of internet, free high speed Wi-Fi facility has been made available at 419 railway stations under North Western Railway. North Western Railway aims to provide free high speed Wi-Fi facility at all 586 stations.
The number of stations with wi-fi facility on North Western Railway are as follows –
- Jaipur Division: 89 Stations
- Jodhpur Division: 120 Stations
- Ajmer Division: 86 Stations
- Bikaner Division: 124 Stations
The responsibility of establishing this remarkable initiative of Digital India on the entire Indian Railways has been given to the Railway Mini Ratna undertaking “RailTel”. RailTel is providing high level Wi-Fi facility in the name of RailWire through its continuous and tireless efforts. RailTel has so far installed this facility at more than 6070 railway stations across the country.
Awareness campaigns are conducted by North Western Railway to increase the reach of Wi-Fi facility available at stations to maximum number of passengers and general public. Apart from this, information about the use of Wi-Fi facility is also provided to the passengers through social media, frequent announcements at stations, hoardings, banners and posters.
The target is to start Wi-Fi facility at all railway stations.
- RailWire, provided by RailTel, is included in the world’s largest and fastest Wi-Fi network. Indian Railways aims to provide high speed free Wi-Fi facility at all its railway stations (except halts) which is being worked on.
- The identity of the stations established on the Indian Railways is that there is a continuous social movement here. The increasing step of modernization and the manifold increase in the use of smart phones has given an important place to the ‘Digital India’ campaign. The Rail Budget-2015 envisaged providing free Wi-Fi internet facility at stations, with the aim of providing free Wi-Fi facility at railway stations across India including small stations located in remote villages.
Students will get tremendous benefit of the facility
- This facility can be used by the public for streaming high definition (HD) video, downloading movies, songs, games and doing their office work online at stations with regular commute.
- Students residing in remote places, especially for preparation of competitive exams like UPSC, RRB, RRC and SSC are using internet facility through Wi-Fi available at the station. Passengers are also using this facility on their mobile and laptop for entertainment, education and other work.
Getting great feedback from passengers
- Passenger feedback at major North Western Railway stations Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Rewari, Udaipur, Gandhinagar Jaipur, Abu Road indicates better internet connectivity, seamless data access and experience of this facility.
- RailWire Wi-Fi facility available at railway stations is user friendly. In order to initiate the Wi-Fi connection, passengers have to select RailWire option by scanning the Wi-Fi options and browser takes the user to RailWire portal, at which point the mobile number will be registered on which One Time Password (OTP) Will come Once connected, the Wi-Fi connection remains established for 30 minutes, helping rail passengers to stay connected and updated on railway information.
Travelers can also buy plans online
To increase the Wi-Fi available by Railways to the speed of 1 Mbps per day, the user can choose a higher speed plan by paying some charges, multiple payment options like net banking, wallet, credit card can be used to buy the plan online. could.
This initiative of Indian Railways and RailTel has paved the way for passengers and general public to reap the benefits of digital technology. In which it is being ensured that the common people at railway stations in Digital India are taking advantage of internet facility through high-tech free Wi-Fi provided by RailWire.
