Free WiFi launched across DMRC’s Airport Express line

New Delhi, October 14

Launching the facility at Shivaji Stadium station here, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Mangu Singh said the stations on the Blue Line, stretching between Noida/Vaishali and Dwarka, would be made Wi-Fi enabled next.

Techno Sat Comm, which was awarded a 10-year contract by the DMRC in this regard, plans to extend the facility across corridors of the metro network by the second half of this year.

The DMRC said the commuters would be able to avail free Wi-Fi services by logging onto ‘Oui DMRC Free WiFi’ and access internet applications like email, Facebook, Google, video chat as well as live streaming of cricket and football matches etc inside the station premises.

The consortium, Techno Sat Comm, presently runs India's first WiFi service on the Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express.

“The facility will use the globally acclaimed T-Track 2.0 Wave 2 Solution, also used on high speed trains worldwide. The speed will go up to 50 mbps,” said a Metro official. 

Earlier this year, limited WiFi facility was launched on the Yellow Line’s Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate, Central Secretariat and Hauz Khas stations in association with the Rail Tel Corporation.

The daily ridership on the 22.7 km-long Airport Express corridor (Orange line) breached the 50,000-mark for the first time this August.

As per the current fare structure, the minimum single journey fare on the corridor that connects the New Delhi railway station with IGI Terminal 3 is Rs 10 and the maximum Rs 60. —  PTI