Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) has installed high-speed Wi-Fi service at 115 Railway Stations including the Mysuru City Railway Station and Ashokapuram Station in Karnataka. Other Railway Stations include Nanjangud, Kadakola, K.R. Nagar and Chamarajanagar. The maximum bandwidth allotted to each Railway Station is 1 GB.  

Under ‘Digital India’ initiative of Government of India, provision of Wi-Fi facility at important Railway Stations had been announced in the Railway Budget of 2016.  Railway Board had entrusted this work to Rail-Tel to provide Wi-Fi facilities at Railway Stations across India in collaboration with Google.

Google had expressed interest in this project during the Prime Minister’s visit to Google Headquarters at Mountain View, California in 2016.  While Rail-Tel is providing high-speed end-to-end network connectivity on Optical Fiber Cable (OFC), Google is providing radio access network equipment along with technology support.

Railway Stations are frequented by people from all segments of society. This initiative towards “Digital India” will provide high-speed access network to all rail-users and will bridge the digital divide. Passengers waiting for their trains can remain connected and carry out their work in seamless manner.

SWR meticulously followed “Mission Wi-fi” and now has commissioned the same in as many as 115 Stations within 18 months. All the main Railway Stations of SWR are connected with high-speed Wi-Fi such as Bengaluru, Yeswantpur, Mysuru and Hubballi.

All district headquarters except Madikeri are covered along with all tier-2 city rail heads and identified smart cities.

How to access Railway Wi-Fi

The procedure to access Railway Wi-Fi is simple. It requires entry of a four digit code sent to the cell phone to his/her mobile phone/ laptop. Once logged in, unlimited service can be availed. Internet access with a speed of up to 1 Mbps (upload) and 3 Mbps (download) is provided free to users for first 30 minutes in a day and subsequently the speed reduces to 64 Kbps.

However, access to Railway-related site thorough Wi-Fi for information like PNR and train enquiry will be free for unlimited time.