15 more rly stns to get free Wi-Fi

Mumbai: Fifteen suburban stations, including Kalyan, Dadar
and Bandra will get free Wi-Fi facilities soon.
The railways have decided to set-up the facility, similar to the
one at Mumbai Central, at 15 stations, including nine on
Central Railway and six on Western Railway.
Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted, “Wi Fi
Update: 15 stations in Mumbai. Kalyan, Dadar (CR and WR),
Bandra completed.Soft launch in week.” He further tweeted,
“Work on Kurla, Panvel, Thane, CST, Khar. Launch by 15
Aug.”
The other stations are Vashi, Wadala, Dombivli, Badlapur,
Mulund, Belapur and Chembur on CR; the WR stations are
Churchgate, Andheri, Virar and Borivli.
As many as 50,000 people can connect to the facility started at
Mumbai Central in partnership with Google on January 22.
For the first hour, users gets full speed, and after that the
speed gradually decreases. The Wi-Fi can be accessed in
concourse areas and on platforms of suburban and long-
distance trains.
The user will have to select Railwire when he switches on to
the Wi-Fi mode. The user will have to feed in the mobile
number to get a one-time-password (OTP) on the mobile
phone. On entering the OTP, the user can gain access to the
free wi-fi. The wi-fi bandwith is capable of HD video
streaming, besides allowing customers to download movies in
less than five minutes.