Indian Railways to Turn Retired Train Coaches into Theme-Based Restaurants, Check Details
Indian Railways to Turn Retired Train Coaches into Theme-Based Restaurants, Check Details
As per the Divisional Transportation Manager in Jammu, AC restaurants combined will bring in an annual revenue of Rs 50 lakh.

The Indian Railways is all set to convert two abandoned railway coaches into theme-based restaurants at Katra and Jammu railway stations. The initiative has been named “Beautiful Restaurants on Wheels” under which old train coaches are being refurbished and transformed into rail coach restaurants.

“Two rail-coach restaurants are under work in Jammu and Katra. This is a scheme of Indian Railways under which old coaches are converted into rail-coach restaurants. Tenders have been granted to two different parties,” Divisional Transportation Manager, Jammu, Prateek Srivastava told PTI.

He said the two AC restaurants combined will bring in an annual revenue of Rs 50 lakh and each of them will be set up over 1,600 square feet. “Under this plan, we are offering these coaches to private parties to create state-of-the-art restaurants according to their own designs,” he added.

The first coach restaurant is expected to open its doors by December, with the coaches already in place. The two restaurants will have been named ‘Annapurna’ and ‘Maa Durga’. Reacting about the same, Pradeep Gupta, the owner of Annapurna Restaurant said “It will take 90 days to convert a coach into a fully functional restaurant. It will be equipped with all the necessary facilities.”

Meanwhile, the Restaurants on a similar line have already been successfully launched at nine to 10 major railway stations across India. “The initiative is being experimented nationwide. To my knowledge, it is already operational at several railway stations like Jabalpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, and Varanasi,” the DTM said. The two restaurants at Jammu and Katra railway stations will also serve non-vegetarian food and will be fully air-conditioned, he said.

Surjeet Singh, a passenger from Delhi, said tourists are excited about the rail-coach restaurants in Jammu. “It will be a great addition to the beauty of the place. It’s the first restaurant of its kind here, offering a different and unique dining experience at the railway station,” he said.

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