The government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that the railways had dropped the project to provide internet connection in trains because it was not cost effective.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “This technology was capital intensive with recurring costs in the form of bandwidth charges and thus, was not cost effective. Also, the Internet bandwidth availability to passengers was inadequate. Hence, the project was dropped. At present, suitable cost effective technology for provision of Wi-Fi based Internet services in trains is not available.”
In 2019, former railway minister Piyush Goyal had said that the Centre is planning to provide Wi-Fi services in trains.
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