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How to reduce fares? Food ordering on trains to be made optional

Optional food-order facility will start on an experimental basis on 10 trains within a month

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Shine JacobKaran Choudhury New Delhi
Indian Railways will make food order optional on all Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains, which will reduce fares.

The Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani fare, for example, would come down by at least Rs 300 a ticket if this plan is implemented, said a railway official. On this train, a passenger gets snacks, dinner and breakfast. A traveller pays for this while booking a ticket.

The optional food-order facility will start on an experimental basis on 10 trains within a month. "We are making food optional in Rajdhanis and Shatabdis," said an official close to the development. "It will help passengers order food of