New Delhi: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) will resume its e-catering service for pre-booked lunch and dinner meals on trains at select stations from February 1.
Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in Odisha are among 62 stations across the country where the service will be available initially, according to the list released by the Ministry of Railways.
The other major stations where the service is being restarted in the first phase include New Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal, Patna, Surat, Ahmedabad, Pune, Howrah, Vijaywada, Ernakulum and Ujjain.
“The e-catering service discontinued by Indian Railways during the COVID crisis is now going to be resumed at selected stations from February 1. The service will be launched keeping all security-related rules in check to provide better and preferred catering for the passengers,” the ministry tweeted in Hindi.
The e-catering service, launched by IRCTC in 2014, was suspended for nearly a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The service is available on the IRCTC website www.ecatering.irctc.com or through telephone. The IRCTC e-catering service is also available on the ‘Food on Track’ app.
How to order IRCTC e-catering service:
* Passengers can avail the e-catering services through www.ecatering.irctc.com.
* E-catering orders through telephone are being restored shortly. Passengers can avail the service by dialling 1323.
* Passengers can also download the app ‘Food on Track’ to avail the service on the go.
* The option of ‘Cash on Delivery’ is also available.
