Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal

NEW DELHI: Railways is looking to provide Wi-Fi on all passenger trains over the next three-four years and will seek more public-private partnerships, including in running of trains, as it seeks to improve passenger services and safety, without privatising the railways, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said.

“Wi-Fi has now reached over 5,200 railway stations in India... The target is to reach 6,500 stations. The last 1,000 stations will take a little longer due to technical challenges as tKhe optic fiber cable has not reached there, or the eco-system is missing. That should take six-eight months. We will start working on Wi-Fi in trains after that... Going forward, all passenger trains will have Wi-Fi,” the minister said.

