Lok Sabha Question No. 3822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Wi-Fi at Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2017

## WI-FI AT STATIONS

†3822.  SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  equip  all  the  railway stations across the country with Wi-Fi facility;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has taken any step in this direction; and
- (c) if so, the number of such railway stations, zone-wise and the time by  which  these  stations  are  likely  to  be  equipped  with  Wi-Fi facility?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3822  BY  SHRI  GOPAL  SHETTY  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  09.08.2017  REGARDING  WI-FI  AT STATIONS

- (a): Ministry of Railways has decided to provide Wi -Fi facility at all the 709 A1, A & B category Railway Stations on Indian Railways.
- (b):  Railway  Ministry  has  mandated  RailTel  Corporation  of  India Limited,  a  PSU  under  the  Ministry  to  execute  the  work,  with  no capital expenditure by Railways.
- (c):  As  on  31.07.2017,  the  facility  has  been  commissioned  at  128 stations. A list of stations where Wi-Fi facility is planned / provided is as under:-

| S.No.   | Railway                    | No. of A1, A & B category Stations (To be covered)   |   No. of Stations (Work Completed) |
|---------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Central Railway            | 48                                                   |                                 16 |
| 2.      | East Coast Railway         | 47                                                   |                                  8 |
| 3.      | East Central Railway       | 58                                                   |                                  7 |
| 4.      | Eastern Railway            | 25                                                   |                                  5 |
| 5.      | Konkan Railway             | -                                                    |                                  1 |
| 6.      | North Central Railway      | 30                                                   |                                  7 |
| 7.      | North Eastern Railway      | 36                                                   |                                  4 |
| 8.      | Northeast Frontier Railway | 43                                                   |                                  5 |
| 9.      | Northern Railway           | 88                                                   |                                 18 |
| 10.     | North Western Railway      | 37                                                   |                                  4 |
| 11.     | South Central Railway      | 74                                                   |                                  8 |
| 12.     | South East Central Railway | 22                                                   |                                  3 |
| 13.     | South Eastern Railway      | 15                                                   |                                  3 |
| 14.     | Southern Railway           | 75                                                   |                                 18 |
| 15.     | South Western Railway      | 34                                                   |                                  4 |
| 16.     | West Central Railway       | 31                                                   |                                  3 |
| 17.     | Western Railway            | 46                                                   |                                 14 |
| Total   |                            | 709                                                  |                                128 |

Work at the balance stations is likely to be completed by March, 2020.

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