Ministry of Railways
Wifi facility provided at 6108 railway stations
Posted On:
29 MAR 2023 4:29PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways have decided to provide free Wi-Fi at all railway stations except halt. So far, Wi-Fi facility has been provided at 6108 stations. State-wise list is appended. The provision of Wi-Fi at stations depends upon the availability of Infrastructure like Optical Fiber Cable & Other resources.
Indian Railways is committed to make all its railway stations and trains accessible for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) as part of “Sugamya Bharat Mission”. Improvement/ augmentation of customer amenities including those for differently abled passengers (Divyangjan) at Railway stations is a continuous process.
Expenditure incurred for customer Amenities during each of the last three years & current year is as under:
Financial Year 2019-20
|
₹1903.10 cr.
|
Financial Year 2020-21
|
₹2582.82 cr.
|
Financial Year 2021-22
|
₹1995.77 cr.
|
Financial Year 2022-23
|
₹1766.37 cr.
( till Feb’23)
|
APPENDIX
State-wise list of stations where Wi-Fi facility provided till date: -
S.N.
|
State/UT Name
|
No. of stations where Wi-Fi got installed under PPP
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
509
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
3
|
3
|
Assam
|
220
|
4
|
Bihar
|
393
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
119
|
6
|
Delhi
|
26
|
7
|
Goa
|
19
|
8
|
Gujarat
|
335
|
9
|
Haryana
|
140
|
10
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
24
|
11
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
28
|
12
|
Jharkhand
|
215
|
13
|
Karnataka
|
335
|
14
|
Kerala
|
120
|
15
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
408
|
16
|
Maharashtra
|
566
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
1
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
3
|
20
|
Odisha
|
234
|
21
|
Punjab
|
151
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
463
|
23
|
Tamil Nadu
|
415
|
24
|
Telangana
|
47
|
25
|
Tripura
|
20
|
26
|
UT Chandigarh
|
1
|
27
|
UT Puducherry
|
3
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
768
|
29
|
Uttarakhand
|
31
|
30
|
West Bengal
|
510
|
|
Total
|
6108
|
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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