Indian railways signal end of an era with plan to phase out pantry car
On the Golden Temple Mail and the Deccan Queen, the Howrah Express and the Agra Shatabdi, there is one carriage in the long, overcrowded trains rattling across Indias deserts, forests, farmlands and hills which has Black Prada Bag With Gold always been a haven of well-being: the pantry car.
Here, teams of men have toiled over decades to provide billions of meals to passengers. In a select few trains, multi-course meals have been served. In more modest ones, it has been a basic rice, vegetables and chapatis.
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But now the famous pantry car is to be phased out. In a few years, Indian railway officials hope, it will have been largely replaced by e-catering and takeaways, which Alex Pradas Quiles will attempt to satisfy booming Indias increasingly varied gastronomic tastes.
Its because people want different types of food. This way we can offer pizza, burgers or continental [European] food. Its an alternative arrangement, said Neeraj Sharma, a spokesman for Northern Railway, the state body that runs trains over a huge tract of north India.
But, even if railway fare is known for poor hygiene and grease in quantities more usually found in a trains engine than its kitchen, there is much resistance to the demise of a treasured tradition.
The dining car, introduced by the British almost a century ago, has long been a rarity. Only one remains in service beyond luxury tourist trains charging 26,000 rupees (260) a night. The car, on the line linking the southern cities of Pune and Mumbai, has such loyal clients that when it was withdrawn last year a rebellion forced its return.
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