The South Central Railway (SCR) has introduced a unique concept called ‘magic box’ wi-fi infotainment system on train which provides offline multimedia content to the users.
Six magic box devices have been provided in five air-conditioned coaches of one rake of Train No. 12785 Kacheguda - KSR Bengaluru Express for the first time on a trial basis.
The system has been supplied by SR Moving Talkies Private Limited, New Delhi and is currently provided on New Delhi Shatabdi Express, Mumbai Rajdhani Express and Lucknow Express trains only. Passengers can access 500 hours of entertainment available in the ‘magic box’ through wi-fi duly switching on wi-fi on their respective mobiles/laptops and no Internet connection is required for this purpose, said railway officials on Wednesday.
Passengers can enjoy the content of their interest such as watching movies in English, Hindi and regional languages. Kids also can enjoy cartoons, songs etc. Content pertaining to railways and other government policies is also available in this facility. To log onto the ‘magic box’ - go to settings, go to wi-fi option, connect to ‘magic box’, go to browser after getting the connection, type magicbox.com on the browser window and click on thumbnail to start watching. A one time registration has to be done to access the content.