For the convenience of the passengers, a free Wi-Fi Internet Connection facility has been made available at the stations of East Central RAILWAY (ECR). At present free high-speed Wi-Fi available at 405 stations out of 409 stations targeted under passenger facility on ECR.
Due to the availability of this facility at all the major stations of all the five divisions Danapur, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Dhanbad, Sonpur and Samastipur divisions spread over 4215 route kilometers, the students, general passengers, businessmen and employed people coming to the station have got a lot of convenience.
The project has been taken up as a mission to transform railway stations into hubs of digital inclusion. The responsibility of implementing this remarkable Digital India initiative has been entrusted to RailTel, a Psu of Indian Railways. RailTel is providing state of the art public Wi-Fi under the brand name of ‘Railwire’. Till now this facility is being provided by RailTel at more than 6070 stations across India.
The number of Wi-Fi subscribers at these stations is increasing day by day. Railway stations have been developed as Wi-Fi hubs. Passengers coming to the station can use this facility to download online classes, Videos, movies, songs, games as well as deal with their other government work online. Students from distant places, especially those appearing in https://exam.pscnotes.com/union-public-service-commission”>Union Public Service Commission, Railway Recruitment Board, Railway Recruitment Cell and Staff Selection Commission and other examinations, can take advantage of this Wi-Fi facility to prepare for their examination.