Food Delivery in Running Train - Making Railway Journey a Pleasing Experience
Getting a food delivery
in a running train has become a very essential service for railway passengers,
especially for long distance travelers. This food delivery service in running
train has been made possible by the E catering service, offered by many leading
catering service, supported by major food chain companies. This catering
service is accepting orders of food online from railway passengers. These food chain
companies are delivering fresh and hot food, as per the ordered menu, to the
passengers in running trains, at previously informed time.
History
of E catering in India
Indian Railways
Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched this E catering service in
running trains in this country. This E
catering service was also called Food on Track, in the beginning. This fooddelivery in running train were offered to 1,516 trains and 45 selected
railway stations in all over the country. This number of trains and stations
are on the increase regularly.
This E catering service
offers the train passengers the options to place online orders for food of
their choice, to be served in running train only, at their seats. These ordered
foods by passengers are also catered by major food chain companies, giving
customers their catering services in India. This E catering service started in
28 trains to start with. These selected long distance trains did not have
pantry cars with them.
This E catering service
in running trains was a revolutionary change from the old practice of catering
of food in the trains before. The passengers in train were having very limited
options then as their menu of food and beverages. The snacks and beverages such
as cold drinks, tea or coffee were sold by vendors in the train. The trains
having pantry car services were also offering very little options as food and
beverage menu for the passengers. The pantry cars were having fixed items in
breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner for the passengers. They were catering
standard breakfast or snacks, standard non- vegetarian or vegetarian thali for
the passengers, with no options for choice of food.
Benefits
of E catering services in running trains
E catering service has made
long journeys a pleasure for the train passengers. This E catering service is
offering a wide range of hygienic, fresh, delicious and hot food and beverages
to choose and order from, to the passengers. The services offer the benefit of
delivering the pre ordered food at the seat of the passenger, even in running
trains at pre announced time of delivery. This E catering service is under
constant vigil and scrutiny of responsible authorities, who make sure of the E
catering service maintaining correct quality control in their food and services
to passengers.
Many major food chains
have tied up with IRCTC. These are McDonalds, KFC, Only Alibaba, Dominos, Switz
food, Nirulas, Haldiram’s, Sagar Ratna, Pizza Hut etc, and many more. The passengers can order their favorite food
from any of these food chains and it will be served to them at their seats.
Food
in train at Surat- the city of Diamonds
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