Rajdhani Express Services are still very poor
We had a repeat of it on return journey PNR:4340923283: Train No.22691-Ksr Bengaluru-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani. Through Local Circles ask some Rail Minister to Travel & see the quantum of food. In our 24 hours journey, we had same Menu for Dinner & Lunch & on return journey too same Menu. Food Parcels come from Itarsi - IRCTC Food Service stamp on the deliveries. So what is the use of Pantry? Only to serve break-fast? Same incident of late running of return journey where the train compartment of 2 AC was just having 15% occupancy. Some passengers alighted at Ballarshah & many at Nagpur & still others at Bhopal. Bhopal passengers were about a dozen who boarded. Train to reach Delhi at 5:00 A.M. ran late by 4 hours 15 minutes. A repeat again, No Tea or Breakfast was served. When I raised a complaint by Tweet. Immediately the steward came searcing for our number with a Flask & 3 cups. Railways have recruited some MBA good English speaking gentry to do explanations and for this complaint also a guy came laying the blame squarely on Steward as being New & Untrained and he had slept off somewhere and could not be reached so Tea was not served. He showed me an Audio Clip in his mobile in which some instruction was being issued to all vendors to serve tea from the pantry. I immediately guessed it as a fabricated one because in Rajdhani the tea kit is served and not prepared tea. Even a week after my complaint to IRCTC, they are keeping mum. I am sharing this for general public information that don't trust Railways for long journeys. The quantum of food is insufficient for a grown up person: 2 Chappatis, Dal, 100 gms curd & rice (just 50 gms). And if the train is late, you don't even get this. more