Get restaurant food delivered right at your seat

To provide quality and a wider range of cuisine while traveling, IRCTC has introduced its new eCatering app for food delivery in train. Available for download from Google Play and iTunes you can now easily install the app on your android or iOS smartphone and get palatable yet cheap food delivery in train from a variety of food partners you can choose from.

With this new online food delivery app passengers can order food on train by simply entering their travel details such as PNR number, Train name, seat/berth number and expect a delicious and quick food delivery on train. This effective system of online food delivery on train not only guarantees tasty food on your seat but also a revamped railway food menu making your journey a bit more fun. With multiple food aggregators on train stations travelers can now enjoy an extensive set of meals ranging from north Indian, South Indian, Pizzas to mouthwatering Biryanis, butter chicken and Chinese delicacies etc.

Some of the major stations where you get food box delivery on train are Mumbai Central (BCT), Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal (CST), New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), Old Delhi Railway Station(DEL), Bangalore City Junction (SBC), Chennai Central (MAS), Kanpur (CNB), Allahabad Junction (ALD), Varanasi (BSB), Lucknow (LKO), Itarsi (ET), Bhopal Junction (BPL), Vijayawada (BZA) etc. IRCTC is bent on expanding this eCatering service to more stations in near future with hopes of making online khana order on train a trend among railway passengers.

Just like booking your train tickets online from IRCTC app and website, ordering food for train journey on your berth or seat is simple, user friendly and quick. Travelers can log on to www.ecatering.irctc.co.in or download the IRCTC official app listed as IRCTC eCatering - Food on Track on Google Play and iTunes for their respective android and iOS devices. IRCTC has also extended the ordering of food for long train journey through phone call by simply dialing 1323.

Food for traveling in train is bound to a plausible growth as multiple vendors are already lining up to make “online khana order” a trend among average commuters compelling them to order food on train rather than packing heavy lunch boxes from home. Brands like Domino’s, Zoop, Comesum, Rebel Foods have teamed up with IRCTC to equip you with a rich menu from 500+ restaurants and help make food delivery in train a success. With multiple cuisines and dishes to opt and various palates to satisfy e catering system is also concerned with the freshness of your yummy meal. E–catering service promises fresh food delivery on train without compromising the taste, and cost-effectiveness of your meal. This will make your journey a super yummy blend of taste and comfort. Food for traveling in train is often associated with a boring and dull mix of regular & contemporary food eaten as a compulsion rather than delicacy. The open food stalls do offer a great service located in every station but with the discomfort of leaving your berths and precious belongings and with a possibility of missing your journey. Thanks to this upgrade in travel and food services in India, online food rail delivery has become a successful venture. It caters to every railway traveler providing them with tasty yet cheap food delivery on train seat.

Travelers are already reveling in the new catering system with many happy stories and new tastes acquired with every journey. Turning the process of food packet delivery on train from a mere thought to reality is a major crown in the history of flawless service execution of IRCTC towards its passengers. Gone are the boring days of packing your bulky dabba from home as now is the time to get a taste of online khana order as a lip-smacking option for your travels, expeditions, destinations and pilgrimages across India. Be it a traditional Indian dish fancied by masses or a typical continental or Italian cuisine you want to munch on, eCatering service is always happy to provide you with never ending options of luring delicacies at the comfort of your train seat. With new vendors gearing up to add to the menu and more stations being equipped with the service, online food delivery on your train seat is flourishing as a major food alternative among the railway passengers and aims at becoming the flagship alternative of majority food consumption in Indian railways.