NEW DELHI: On-line meals supply platform Swiggy on Tuesday stated that the corporate has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Company (IRCTC) to supply meals supply service on trains.
As a part of the MoU, Swiggy will ship meals to coach passengers travelling through Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada.
The service is more likely to broaden to 59 extra metropolis stations throughout the nation within the coming weeks, the corporate stated.
“If throughout these rail journeys, which traverse throughout states and districts, one has the choice to order meals to discover the culinary variety of India, it could make the expertise extra handy and pleasing, and add to the general vividness of practice journey,” Rohit Kapoor, CEO, Meals Market, Swiggy, stated in an announcement.
To avail the pre-ordered meals companies through Swiggy, passengers might want to enter the PNR on the IRCTC app, choose the popular station for meals supply, flick thru an in depth listing of eating places on the app, and select a restaurant that’s delivering on the specified location and time.
“This partnership with Swiggy will convey extra comfort and meals choices to our passengers, making their journeys extra memorable,” stated Sanjay Kumar Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, IRCTC.
As well as, the corporate talked about that the meals delivered to passengers can be packed in insulated Swiggy luggage to maintain the meal heat and recent.
Swiggy’s supply companion would attain the chosen platform a couple of minutes earlier than supply, hand over the meals to the client and mark the meals delivered.