Indian Railways have decided to provide free WiFi at all railway stations except halt. So far, WiFi facilities have been provided at 6108 stations. State-wise list is appended. The provision of Wi-Fi at stations depends upon the availability of Infrastructure like Optical Fiber Cable & Other resources.
Indian Railways is committed to make all its railway stations and trains accessible for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) as part of “Sugamya Bharat Mission”. Improvement/ augmentation of customer amenities including those for differently abled passengers (Divyangjan) at Railway stations is a continuous process.
Expenditure incurred for customer Amenities during each of the last three years & current year is as under:
| Financial Year 2019-20 | ₹1903.10 cr. |
| Financial Year 2020-21 | ₹2582.82 cr. |
| Financial Year 2021-22 | ₹1995.77 cr. |
| Financial Year 2022-23 | ₹1766.37 cr.
( till Feb’23) |
APPENDIX
State-wise list of stations where Wi-Fi facility provided till date: –
| S.N. | State/UT Name | No. of stations where Wi-Fi got installed under PPP |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 509 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 |
| 3 | Assam | 220 |
| 4 | Bihar | 393 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 119 |
| 6 | Delhi | 26 |
| 7 | Goa | 19 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 335 |
| 9 | Haryana | 140 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 24 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 28 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 215 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 335 |
| 14 | Kerala | 120 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 408 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 566 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 1 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 1 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 3 |
| 20 | Odisha | 234 |
| 21 | Punjab | 151 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 463 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 415 |
| 24 | Telangana | 47 |
| 25 | Tripura | 20 |
| 26 | UT Chandigarh | 1 |
| 27 | UT Puducherry | 3 |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 768 |
| 29 | Uttarakhand | 31 |
| 30 | West Bengal | 510 |
| Total | 6108 |
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