Railways allows takeaway sale of cooked food at catering, vending units

New Delhi, Oct 03: In a huge relief for passengers ahead of the festive season, the Railways has allowed the sale of cooked food at its catering and vending units on stations for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, but said the food plazas, Jan Ahars, cell kitchens and refreshment rooms will open only for takeaways.

These units were earlier allowed to sell only packaged food.

In an order on issued on September 30, IRCTC said, "Zones are advised that static catering units (food plazas, fast food unit, Jan Ahars, cell kitchens and refreshment rooms) which are operational at 10 per cent of license fee with limited saleable items up till September 30 may be allowed to operate till October 31 at pro-rata LF of 20 per cent of license fee with the sale of cooked food as takeaway only."

No dine-in to be allowed, the order said.