Soon order food of your choice through SMS onboard train

September 21, 2014 11:27

Soon you can order meals of your taste through SMS while travelling on a train as the Indian Railways is launching a mobile phone-based service in a move to offer multiple catering options to passengers.

The SMS-based service, part of the e-catering service, will be launched on September 25 in a few selected trains on a pilot basis, said a senior Railway Ministry official.

IRCTC, which is coordinating the e-catering service, is finalising a new designated number to be used for SMS service for ordering food on a train.

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