Passengers of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains to get foods of their choice

Passengers traveling by the Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains will soon be able to get their choice of meals instead of whatever is provided by the Indian Railways. Within another four months, the Indian Railways is set to do away with mandatory catering on these prestigious trains.
Right now there are 22 sets of Rajdhanis, 24 sets of Shatabdis and 27 sets of Duronto Express trains in the country and the food menu in these trains is fixed.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 8 March 2016.

The present system is that meals and snacks in these trains are charged for as an integral part of the total fare and, all that the traveler has to do is to indicate whether they want vegetarian or non-vegetarian food. This concept will undergo a sea change.
As indicated in his Budget, the railway ministry is now working on the modalities of the new policy and exploring possibilities of making mandatory catering services optional in the trains. Instead, local cuisine of choice will be made available to passengers.
The new system will be similar to low-cost airlines where flyers can choose whether they want to pay for the food at the time of booking tickets. Those who decline food from the railways can pay Rs 150-200 less for their tickets and would have the option to buy food from outside through e-catering or carry their own meals or buy from a pantry if they want to.


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