ENHANCING PASSENGER AMENITIES ON
RAILWAYS
The Railways have
set up 13 multi-cuisine Food Plazas at important stations, so
far. Thirty four more Food Plazas are underway.
Food Plazas are intended
to provide rail users hygienic and nutritious fast food and foods
at railway stations. These Food Plazas are set up under the aegis
of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
Other measures to
improve catering include introduction of free infant food below
five years in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains, rationalization of
menu and tariff of standard casserole meals, breakfast, tea and
coffee. Besides, optional catering services in Jan Shatabdi trains
and introduction of railways own produced packaged mineral water
Rail Neer, are some other improvements made in catering services.