| A medianet release says that the ministry
of railways has issued detailed guidelines to the Zonal Railways for
provision of railway stations through which travellers at stations
can communicate with their near and dear ones on payment of usual
charges.
The RailTel Corporation of India, a public sector undertaking of
the ministry of railways, has already set up an Internet kiosk at
platform 12 of New Delhi Station. The organisation will set up 200
such kiosks at various stations in the first phase. Later, similar
facilities will be set up at all the railway stations. The organisation
is also looking at sponsorship opportunities.
Internet facility in one of the trains is proposed to be set up
shortly.
Meanwhile, telephone services are available in four pairs of Shatabdi
Express trains. These are : 2005/2006 New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express,
2011/2012 New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express 2013/2014 New Delhi-Amritsar
Shatabdi Express and 2029/2030 New Delhi Delhi-Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi
Express.
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