Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat

Indian railways has taken up work for provision of Wi-Fi facility in Ahmedabad-Delhi Rajdhani Express. This was stated by Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha to Member of Parliament Naresh Gujral in Rajya Sabha. However the Minister added that as it is a capital intensive project and even running costs are high, there’s no specific time period fixed for execution of this project.

The Minister in his reply said: “Railway proposes to provide Wi-Fi facility in select trains. As a pilot project Wi-Fi in 12301/12302 Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express has been provided. Further, work for provision of Wi-Fi in 12957/12958 Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express, 12005/12006 Kalka Shatabdi Express and 12045/12046 Chandigarh Shatabdi Express has been taken up. For provision of reliable Wi-Fi in a moving train, currently Satellite Communication is the only technology available which is capital intensive and has high recurring cost in the form of Bandwidth rentals. In view of the above, no specific time period can be given at present.”

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