GUWAHATI: Maligaon-headquartered Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is working on a plan to provide free Wi-Fi broadband services to passengers traveling onboard all the premium trains operated by it by June this year.
NFR is mandated to provide onboard Wi-Fi in all premium trains like the Rajdhanis, Shatabdis, and Humsafar. Already, the Agartala-New Delhi Rajdhani has been provided with this service where passengers with Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones can access 100 hours of entertainment content. NFR plans to provide this service in all the premium trains operated by it by June 2019,” Pranav Jyoti Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer of NFR, told The Assam Tribune.
The zonal railway is also looking to expand the Wi-Fi services to more stations in the region. Wi-Fi service in the zone was first introduced at the Guwahati Railway station in May 2016 and a total of 45 stations currently have been provided with Wi-Fi facilities in the NFR.
Provision of Wi-Fi at around 400 A1 and A category stations across the country was a Budget announcement made in the Railway Budget 2014-15.
In Northeast Frontier Railway, RailTel will be executing the work for provision of Wi-Fi for the remaining stations. NFR is coordinating with RailTel for this and the details are being worked out.
