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This map shows the first 100 stations that will have high-speed Wi-Fi by the end of 2016. (Source: Google’s Official Blog)

Google will join hands with Indian Railways to provide Wi-Fi services at 400 stations, CEO Sundar Pichai said.

The network will expand quickly to cover 100 of the busiest stations in India before the end of 2016, with the remaining stations following in quick succession.

The technology giant has also released a map of the first 100 railway stations that will get high-speed Wi-Fi in India.

 “On the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to our U.S. headquarters, and in line with his Digital India initiative, we announced a new project to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi in 400 train stations across India,” Google said in its official blog.

“Working with Indian Railways, which operates one of the world’s largest railway networks, and RailTel, which provides Internet services as RailWire via its extensive fiber network along many of these railway lines, our Access & Energy team plans to bring the first stations online in the coming months.”

According to Google’s official blog, the project will make Wi-Fi available for the more than 10 million people who pass through every day. This will rank it as the largest public Wi-Fi project in India, and among the largest in the world, by number of potential users.

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