The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has roped in Pizza Hut and KFC in order to deliver pre-ordered meals to its passengers, reports ET Tech. IRCTC chairman & MD AK Manocha told the publication that the service will be rolled out to trains which do not have a pantry car, with plans to expand to trains like Rajdhani and Duronto (which have pantry cars). Order 2 days before train journey Apparently, passengers will need to order the food from the IRCTC website 48 hours prior to the date of the journey after which a password will be sent to the passenger’s mobile phone from the vendor. The passenger will need to mention this password at the time of the delivery. We couldn’t verify this independently and currently the e-catering website does not feature Pizza Hut or KFC. It is likely that this partnership is meant to be rolled out in the near future. The report also mentions that the Indian Railways' food plaza networks across stations could be used as the delivery network. Manocha also mentioned that IRCTC had received expression of interests from Subway, Bikano and Haldiram. Dominos tie-up: Earlier in February, IRCTC tied-up with Jubilant Foodworks to deliver Dominos’ pizza to the passengers’ seats if they were traveling across selected stations in India. Passengers could book their pizza online, through SMS or through calls currently, in addition to using the IRCTC’s e-catering service which presently serves veg/non-veg thali and veg/non-veg biryani alongside. This service was pegged for…
