Railways to boost income by renting out defunct rail coaches for working eating places

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Indian Railways engaged on a ‘well-thought-out plan’ to generate further income from non-operating sources and extra sources is selling a ‘distinctive idea’ of organising the Rail Coach Restaurants (RCR) throughout outer circulating areas of its virtually all-important stations within the nation.

If the plan goes effectively, as it’s reliably realized, the “railway will generate additional revenue of more than Rs 1000 crore per annum by promoting the Rail Coach Restaurant concept across the country in the next few years.” 

“The RCR concept will not only give us revenue but also generate employment for local people through private players, who will chip in for running such restaurants”, mentioned a senior railway official. 

So far, the railway has allowed personal gamers to arrange the Rail Coach Restaurants at practically 9 locations in a number of states with the latest one at New Jalpaiguri railway station. 

An outdated practice coach after giving it correct refurbishments and inside ornament have been aesthetically transformed right into a rail coach restaurant at New Jalpaiguri railway station.

The railway has supplied house and different help on a contract of 5 years to the social gathering for organising this restaurant, which immediately began attracting passengers and different prospects. 

The North East Frontier Railway can also be planning to arrange such eating places in Sukna, Tindhara, Kurseong and Darjeeling stations.

Officials declare that the Rail Coach Restaurants opened up to this point at numerous railway stations, serve all multi-cuisine delicacies to folks at an reasonably priced value with a excessive degree of sanitation and companies. At Jalpaiguri railway station, the RCR has been opened on final Thursday with a capability of accommodating 32 company at a time and serving them totally different cuisines – proper from North Indian and South Indian and Chinese meals.

A senior railway official mentioned that the railway offers licensees to run such eating places after the social gathering meets all of the set standards of the railways. 

Earlier, such superbly embellished Rail Coach Restaurants have been arrange at some stations of MP, Rajasthan, Asansol in West Bengal, New Delhi and different locations. In February in 2020, the ‘first of-its-kind’ restaurant was arrange within the circulating areas of Asansol railway station and christened ‘Restaurant on wheels”.  Two decrepit MEMU coaches had been refurbished and transformed right into a rail coach restaurant.

Another such rail coach restaurant has been opened at Baramer railway station in Rajasthan beneath the North Western Railway named VIP specific with an accommodating capability of 70 passengers as a part of the railway plan to extend income and employment.

Railway sources mentioned that related rail coach eating places are deliberate for numerous elements of the nation within the main railway station circulating areas. 

Jaisalarmar, Jodhpur, Bhawat ki Kothi, Mahamandir in Rajasthan, Satana, Jabalpur and different stations in MP and others locations throughout the nation. Under the Central Railway, 11 such ‘Rail Coach restaurants’ have additionally been planed for different stations other than the already opened 2  eating places at Mumbai and Nagpur. 

Other stations recognized for such eating places beneath Central Railway are Akurdi, Chinchwad, Baramati, Miraj, the Lokmanaya Tilak Terminus, Dadar, Kalyan, Lonavala, Igatpuri, Neral and Matheran.

NEW DELHI: Indian Railways engaged on a ‘well-thought-out plan’ to generate further income from non-operating sources and extra sources is selling a ‘distinctive idea’ of organising the Rail Coach Restaurants (RCR) throughout outer circulating areas of its virtually all-important stations within the nation.

If the plan goes effectively, as it’s reliably realized, the “railway will generate additional revenue of more than Rs 1000 crore per annum by promoting the Rail Coach Restaurant concept across the country in the next few years.” 

“The RCR concept will not only give us revenue but also generate employment for local people through private players, who will chip in for running such restaurants”, mentioned a senior railway official. 

So far, the railway has allowed personal gamers to arrange the Rail Coach Restaurants at practically 9 locations in a number of states with the latest one at New Jalpaiguri railway station. 

An outdated practice coach after giving it correct refurbishments and inside ornament have been aesthetically transformed right into a rail coach restaurant at New Jalpaiguri railway station.

The railway has supplied house and different help on a contract of 5 years to the social gathering for organising this restaurant, which immediately began attracting passengers and different prospects. 

The North East Frontier Railway can also be planning to arrange such eating places in Sukna, Tindhara, Kurseong and Darjeeling stations.

Officials declare that the Rail Coach Restaurants opened up to this point at numerous railway stations, serve all multi-cuisine delicacies to folks at an reasonably priced value with a excessive degree of sanitation and companies. At Jalpaiguri railway station, the RCR has been opened on final Thursday with a capability of accommodating 32 company at a time and serving them totally different cuisines – proper from North Indian and South Indian and Chinese meals.

A senior railway official mentioned that the railway offers licensees to run such eating places after the social gathering meets all of the set standards of the railways. 

Earlier, such superbly embellished Rail Coach Restaurants have been arrange at some stations of MP, Rajasthan, Asansol in West Bengal, New Delhi and different locations. In February in 2020, the ‘first of-its-kind’ restaurant was arrange within the circulating areas of Asansol railway station and christened ‘Restaurant on wheels”.  Two decrepit MEMU coaches had been refurbished and transformed right into a rail coach restaurant.

Another such rail coach restaurant has been opened at Baramer railway station in Rajasthan beneath the North Western Railway named VIP specific with an accommodating capability of 70 passengers as a part of the railway plan to extend income and employment.

Railway sources mentioned that related rail coach eating places are deliberate for numerous elements of the nation within the main railway station circulating areas. 

Jaisalarmar, Jodhpur, Bhawat ki Kothi, Mahamandir in Rajasthan, Satana, Jabalpur and different stations in MP and others locations throughout the nation. Under the Central Railway, 11 such ‘Rail Coach restaurants’ have additionally been planed for different stations other than the already opened 2  eating places at Mumbai and Nagpur. 

Other stations recognized for such eating places beneath Central Railway are Akurdi, Chinchwad, Baramati, Miraj, the Lokmanaya Tilak Terminus, Dadar, Kalyan, Lonavala, Igatpuri, Neral and Matheran.