New Delhi, August 16: Indian Railways has left no stone unturned in equipping railway stations with free Wi-Fi services across the country. As per a recent tweet by Google India, Kakinada becomes the 150th station in India to receive free, high-speed WiFi. Kakinada is a city and the district headquarters of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. The move to make free and high-speed Wi-Fi available at railway stations started on September 12 in 2015 when Indian Railways announced its partnership with the tech giant Google to provide free Wi-Fi services to 400 railway stations across the country. This project was launched in association with Railtel Corporation, a Public sector undertaking (PSU) owned by the Indian Railways that provides Internet services as RailWire and telecom infrastructure Also Read - IRFC IPO: Price Band to Subscription Details, All You Need to Know

The project was announced in September 2015 by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited the company in Mountain View, California. Indian Railways aims to provide high-speed internet at over 400 stations in India by 2019 and is working with great determination to achieve this goal. In January 2016, Mumbai Central station became the first railway station in India to have free Wi-Fi facility followed by all busy stations like Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Howrah, Kanpur, Mathura, Aligarh, Barelli and Varanasi stations. Also Read - IRCTC Latest News: E-catering Services in Trains Soon, RailRestro to Deliver Your Favourite Food

Here’s the state-wise status of railway station Wi-Fi:

S.NoState/UTCommissioned StationsComing Soon
1.Andhra PradeshTirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Guntur,Palasa, Rajahmundry, Kakinada Town, Nellore, Srikakulam Road, Eluru & VizianagaramAnakapalle, Bhimavaram Town, Cuddapah, Guntakal Jn., Renigunta, Samalkot Jn.,Tenali Jn., Tuni
2.AssamGuwahatiBarpeta Road, Jorhat Town, Kamakhya, Lumding, New Bongaigaon, Rangiya Jn., Silchar, Tinsukia
3.BiharPatna, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Danapur, Darbhanga, Chhapra & BhagalpurAnugraha Narayan Road, Bapudham Motihari, Barauni Jn., Betiah, Dehri-On-Sone, Jamui, Katihar Jn, Khagaria Jn., Kiul Jn., Madhubani, Mokama, Patna Sahib Jn., Samastipur Jn., Siwan Jn.,
4.ChandigarhChandigarh–
5.ChhattisgarhRaipur, Bilaspur & DurgBhilai Power House, Champa Jn., Raigarh, Rajnandgaon
6.GujaratSurat, Ahmedabad, Vadodara & RajkotGandhidham, Jamnagar, Mahesana, Palanpur, Viramgam
7.HaryanaAmbala Cantt.Gurugram, Hisar, Jagadhri, Kalka, Karnal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sonipat
8.Himachal PradeshSolan, Shimla–
9.Jammu and KashmirJammu Tawi–
10.JharkhandRanchi, Dhanbad Jn. & TatanagarGomoh Jn., Koderma, Parashnath
11.KarnatakaBangalore City, Mangalore Central, Hubli, Gulbarga, Mysore & Yesvantpur (Bangalore)Bangalore Cantt., Bangarpet, Belgaum, Davangere, Dharwad, Kengeri, Krishnarajapuram, Mangalore Jn., Shimoga Town
12.KeralaErnakulam Jn, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Thrissur, Kollam Jn & KozhikodeErnakulam Town, Kanhangad, Kannur, Kottayam, Palakkad Jn., Shoranur Jn., Tiruvalla, Vadakara
13.Madhya PradeshUjjain, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior & IndoreBina, Damoh, Habibganj, Hoshangabad, Itarsi, Katni, Maihar, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Satna, Saugor, Singrauli, Vidisha
14.MaharashtraMumbai Central, Churchgate, Bandra, Bandra Terminus, Dadar (WR), Dadar (CR), Khar Road, Kalyan, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Byculla, Panvel, Thane, Borivali, Kurla, Andheri, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Belapur, Vashi, Dombivli, Chembur, Bhyander, Ghatkopar, Pune, Mulund, Nagpur, Solapur & Aurangabad, Vasai, VirarAkola, Badlapur, Badnera, Ballarshah, Bhusawal, Daund, Gondia, Jalgaon, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi, Lonavala, Manmad, Miraj, Nasik Road, Vadala Road, Wardha
15.DelhiHazarat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar Terminus, New Delhi & Delhi JnDelhi Cantt., Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Shahadra
16.OdishaBhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Khurda Road, Rourkela & PuriBalasore, Bhadrak, Brahmapur, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road,Jharsuguda,Rayagada,
17.PunjabJalandhar City, Amritsar & LudhianaBathinda Jn., Beas, Firozpur Cantt., Pathankot, Sirhind Jn.
18.RajasthanJaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur City, Falna, Kota, Marwar Jn. & JodhpurAburoad, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner,Hanumangarh Jn., Jaisalmer,, Pali Marwar, Phulera, Sawai Madhopur
19.Tamil NaduMadurai, Coimbatore, Chennai Egmore, Tambaram, Arakkonam Jn., Tiruchchirappalli, Chennai Central, Udagamandalam (Ooty), Chengalpattu Jn., Coonoor, Villupuram Jn., Katpadi & MettupalayamDindigul Jn, Erode Jn, Jolarpettai Jn, Kanniyakumari, Karur Jn.,Kovilpatti, Kumbakonam, Rameswaram, Salem Jn, Thanjavur Jn,Virudhunagar Jn
20.TelanganaKacheguda, Secunderabad, Hyderabad & WarangalKazipet Jn., Khammam, Manchiryal, Ssp Nilayam
21.Uttar PradeshJhansi, Lucknow, Lucknow Jn., Ayodhya, Mughalsarai Jn., Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Aligarh, Gonda Jn., Bareilly, Kanpur, Mathura, Varanasi, Agra Cantt., Ghazipur City, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Tundla, Meerut City, GhaziabadAzamgarh, Ballia, Barabanki, Basti, Belthara Road, Bhadohi, Chitrakutdham Karwi, Deoria Sadar, Etawah, Fatehpur, Hapur, Janghai, Jaunpur, Mau Jn., Mirzapur, Phaphund, Pratapgarh, Rae – Bareli Jn., Rampur, Saharanpur Jn., Shahjahanpur
22.Uttarakhand / UttranchalDehradun, HaridwarKathgodam, Roorkee
23.West BengalSealdah, Kharagpur, Asansol, Barddhaman, Digha, Rampurhat, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Howrah, Darjeeling, Siliguri Jn, New Farakka & GhoomAlipurduar Junction, Durgapur, Kolkata Terminal, Shalimar

Under the Wi-Fi project, over 10 million Indians will be able to get an access to free Internet across railway stations. The target for the initial phase of the project was to cover 100 stations by the end of 2016 which, the Indian Railways successfully did.  The project employs Google’s Fiber technology under which the company provides internet services up to a speed of 1 Gigabits per second. Apart from Wi-Fi services at railway stations, the Indian Railways is also providing Wi-Fi connectivity in moving trains for selected routes using satellite communication technology. According to Indian Railways, over 10 million people who pass through these stations every day now have an access to fast Internet speed to stream, research their destination or download a new book or game for the journey ahead.