Indian railways commissions Wi-Fi facilities at 6,000th station
NEW DELHI: With the commissioning of Wi-Fi at Hazaribagh Town railway station falling under Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand in Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway on Saturday, the Indian Railways commissioned Wi-Fi at 6,000 railway stations, it informed on Sunday.
In an official statement were released today, the Indian Railways said that is still continuing to extend the Wi-Fi facility at far-flung stations to connect the passengers and the general public with digital systems.
The first railway station with which the Indian Railways started its journey of issuing Wi-Fi facility was that in Mumbai in January 2016, it said, adding that a railway station in Midnapore of West Bengal was the 5000th station and yesterday it reached the 6,000 mark with the Hazaribagh Town railway station.
The Indian Railways further stated that Jarapada station in Angul district of Odisha was also provided with Wi-Fi the same day it was provided in Hazaribagh.
