New Delhi: In a move to ensure better connectivity and taking the Railways travel experience to a new level, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda in his maiden budget proposed for WiFI connectivity in the major trains. It comes a day after the Railway Ministry registered its presence on the social networking sites – Facebook and Twitter.
While the government is soaring high on fulfilling its promise of making the trains world class, passengers also seem to be really happy with this move.
Initially, 4 Mbps download bandwidth and 512 Kbps upload bandwidth would be earmarked for internet facility in moving train. The satellite antenna would be placed in one of the two power cars of the rakes.
This would be linked through Wi-Fi radios provided outside of each coach and would be further distributed inside the coaches through indoor access point.
For accessing the internet facility, the bona fide passengers will have to access Indian Railway Wi-Fi network. The passengers will be able to register by providing the PNR and other details like mobile number etc. On validation of the data entered by the passengers, as per extant DOT guidelines, the login ID and password will be sent through SMS to the registered mobile number. The login ID and password will remain valid for entire journey.
Earlier, the Indian Railways had started this service on Rajdhani and Shatabadi Express trains.
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