Waiting at Chennai Central just got better with WiFi internet access

Chennai: Waiting to board a train or receive a relative at Chennai Central would no more be a dullexperience, as the busiest railway terminus in South India isnow offering free Wi-Fi internet access to laptops and mobilephones.

Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the WiFifacility at Chennai Central today and checked it using hismobile phone.

Initially, the facility, which is being implemented on apilot basis, offers wireless internet access for upto 30minutes to users in their laptops, mobile phones and iPads.

Later, Gowda visited Royapuram Railway Station, theoldest terminus in South India, to review the possibility ofmaking it the third terminus for Chennai.

He said though the government has in principle accepted tomake Royapuram a terminus, there were some glitches in itsimplementation, for which the Railways would work with thestate government authorities.

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Minister of State for Heavy Industries P Radhakrishnan andrailway officials, including Southern Railway General ManagerRakesh Misra, accompanied the Minister.

Gowda later left for Katpadi with Railway officials.

PTI