Commuters will soon be able to order meals by phone while traveling long distance trains, and delivery to the next station, under the “meal in the book” system, the railways will be held until the end.

Go India Railways to improve its food services begin with the “free meal” of the regime. The Railway Board has asked all area railroads to implement the scheme within three months. Under the plan, a passenger can order a meal in the mobile phone number / in advance by a SMS.

A senior official said, “If a passenger has to travel long distances by train from Mumbai, you can choose to dine, when the train arrives in Surat. He can not order a meal an hour before the train reached Surat. When the train reaches the station, the food pantry to share the team based on location and offers a number of bus passengers. ”

In the western region, the regime, to be held at major intersections, should be introduced at Kalyan, Pune, Ahmedabad and Baroda stations. 

The official said: “The mobile number will be wider audience.” To avoid overload, the rate of food will be available via SMS. Commuters can book or a vegetarian lunch or standard non-vegetarian dinner.

“We are investigating whether the choice of a luxury lunch or dinner, which is a wider range, may also be offered,” the official said. The meals are cooked in this system is the foundation of the kitchen are located in different stations and is expected to fresher and more hygienic than the pantry car services. “And ‘more difficult to manufacture or store food in a moving train,” the official said. In fact, if the system proves successful railways can scrap with the pantry car attached.

Now, Railways has decided to improve the overall quality of self pantry. The government has ordered that everyone should have a pantry car manager, whose mobile number is available from the office of guidance for commercial distribution. The Director is responsible for all operations of the pantry car staff.