Indian railway catering and tourism !!

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. has been set up by the Ministry of Railways with the basic purpose of hiving off entire catering and tourism activity of the railways to the new Corporation so as to professionalize and upgrade these services with public-private participation. Rail based Tourism in India will be the specific vehicle for achieving high growth in coordination with state agencies, tour operators, travel agents and the hospitality industry. A dynamic marketing strategy in association with public and private agencies, tour operators, transporters, hoteliers and local tour promoters is on the anvil. Indian Railways span global volumes in hospitality and catering sectors with services provided to 13 million passengers every day.

Mission :

"Enhance customer services and facilitation in railway catering, hospitality, travel and tourism with best industry practices".

Objectives :

(1) To be a customer friendly company through constant innovation, technology driven and human resource development. (2) Optimize resources, increase manpower productivity through quality product vending and innovative marketing strategies. (3) Upgrade and consolidate catering services in the organized sector. (4) Expand areas of core competencies, enhance business opportunities through efficient public - private partnerships to maximize generation of resources. (5) Imbibe strong and ethical work culture through teamwork, build and reposition Indian Railways in the emerging services sector. (6) Evolve high standards of business ethics, quality management and effective cost control measures. (7) Concern for the environment and heritage.

Tourism :

Railway Tourism has seen excellent growth in India. Right from IRCTC's inception, we have undertaken dynamic marketing strategy with major tour operators and State Tourism as our partners for providing exclusive tour packages across the country. IRCTC arranges for full train charters, coaches as well as reserved berth programmes through regular trains for tourism purposes. During this short period we have been able to provide such facilities to over 50,000 persons.

Other services :

Internet Rail Reservation  :

There has been a latent demand in the country for ticket availability at the door-step. IRCTC has already developed this facility at Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai. Very soon the facility will spread to Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad. After consolidation at these centers, further development in the major towns will take place. IRCTC web enabled reservation site is www.irctc.co.in

Food Plazas  :

IRCTC has firmed up plans to set up over 50 multi-cuisine food plazas at major railway stations throughout the country during the current year. The Food plazas will have contemporary decor, air conditioned ambience and round the clock operation to suit passenger convenience with market driven competitive pricing.

Call Center :

IRCTC has recently inaugurated a Call Center. A customer can dial 139 from anywhere in the country and get all information from Indian Railways.

Rail Neer :

Packaged Drinking Water is purified and bottled at State of Art Plants located at Nangloi (Delhi) and Danapur (Bihar). Rail Neer is using processes that guarantee safe drinking water that is crystal clear, low in dissolved solids and free from all pathogenic bacteria and viruses as well as other harmful contaminants like fluoride, arsenic, nitrate or iron and conforming to the exacting Bureau of Indian Standards specifications. for more details click here

Yatra Chef - Order in your favourite food in Train !!

YatraChef helps you have your favourite food in train from the best and most popular restaurants and fast food chains near railway stations across India. How it works: You type in your train details and we tell you the Restaurants that deliver fresh food at your seat in train throughout your journey. You can choose from the vast menu of multiple cuisines and we'll filter your results according to your date and time of travel so that you can find what you're looking for and also get it delivered in train. You can place your order online or by phone (0 8137 8137 00) or through WhatsApp (oh yeah. You can), free of charge. Oh, and we also give you access to coupons, freebies, special deals, contests, an Intelligent monitoring system which tracks your trains 24/7 and 15/7 customer care team that tracks each order and coordinate with the restaurant and makes sure you get exactly what you ordered. Now no more worry about having pantry food while travelling in Indian Railways train. Order whatever you want through YatraChef.com be it Veg, Non-Veg, Indian Thali, Jain Food, Idly Vada, Biryani, Pizzas, Burgers or any cuisines like Chinese, Continental, Mughlai, North Indian, South Indian, Italian, tandoor, local cuisines or even custom prepared food when you are travelling in groups. Yes we take group booking for group travellers too. Now what are you waiting for? Enter your PNR status and order through YatraChef and enjoy fresh quality food across India while you travel in train. for more details click here 

Cucumber town - your favourite dishes from 160 countries available by this site !!!

Cucumbertown is a labour of love by food enthusiasts from 3 continents, who have managed to meet up recently. We came together with a singular focus to fix something that's been around for ages, but felt was broken. We are headed in the right direction, fixing little things every day, one step at a time.This is our start. An honest attempt to make lives better. Be delightfully happy. For everyone around us, and ourselves. In our previous lives we built mobile apps, web apps, made private equity investments, and many mean lasagnes at Zynga, Tutorvista, Adobe, Taggle, Yahoo among others. We are a happy mix of writers, engineers and designers spending our time pushing pixels, stuffing pies, ogling serifs, potty training, creating and cooking up tiny pieces of a better place to be in.

All of us love broccoli in cheese sauce as much we as love constructive criticism.