The Railways has now made the facility of on-board catering facilities for the Rajdhani Express passengers an optional exercise. The facility of optional catering will be available for passengers booking their tickets for journey from September 1.
The optional catering facility is already implemented in the Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express and Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Duronto Express.
The Ministry of Railways has already taken steps to make catering an optional service in important trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Gatiman and Vande Bharat type trains.
Passengers have the option of indicating their preference of availing catering facilities or not at the time of booking of tickets. Once indicated, the passengers cannot opt out their preferences.
By the facility, the passengers can arrange their own food during the journey and catering charge will not be added to the price of journey tickets.
