RCTC restores serving of cooked meals in premium trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi

ETNownews ^ | 11/25/21 | ETNownews

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New Delhi: In continuation to its earlier notification of resuming cooked meals in trains, the Indian Railways on Wednesday announced that it will be restoring catering services in certain premium trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Tejas and Gatimaan.

According to the order issued by the Railway Board, Zonal Railways will verify the catering charges to be realized based on services being provided and the applicable rate list and feed the same in the PRS software for enabling booking/opting out of Catering services, from ARP date, at the time of booking of tickets.

"Presently, it will be applicable for only Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Tejas and Gatiman category of trains. For those passengers, who already booked tickets in advance, some directions have been given to the service provider," the order read

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I have not tried Indian food, but for train food, it looks appetizing, I know in India one can't get beef, probably chicken or lamb, also very spicy.

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Appetizing? A couple of those look like someone ate them already.

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I have not tried Indian food, but for train food, it looks appetizing, I know in India one can't get beef, probably chicken or lamb, also very spicy.

Chicken and mutton are generally available in India. Some fish. The food is incredibly spicy for western tastes. You can ask for "less spice", but "no spice" is not available. I did have a meal on an Indian train some years back. Dimly recall is was reasonably good for local cuisine. Try to get second or first class accommodations for decent service.

In third class I imagined being in a troop train heading for the front in World War II.