Indian Railways' first -- and Mumbai's first -- railway station cyber cafe at Western Railway's Mumbai Central station was inaugrated by RailTel, a PSU of the Ministry of Indian Railways. Nearly 12 lakhs was expenditure by the general manager in the station . It is projected that there will be more than 12 cybercafes in upcomming days in the stations in the upcomming financial year.
The current project consists 82 railway stations including Churchgate, Bandra, Borivali, Boisar, Vapi, Valsad, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Indore, and Ujjain along the Western railway route; and Dadar, Lonavala, Pune, and Nagpur along the Central railway route are included in the first wave of implementation.
The cyber cafes are meant not only for earning additional revenue for the railways but also for providing passengers with better facilities as mentioned by the staff. It is likely to reduce queues and promote online reservation thus getting more ease to the passengers.
About 500 railway stations in the country are projected to have have wi-fi in the near future too by Railtel.
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