Delicious Food On The Move With Travelkhana.Com

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Delicious Food On The Move With Travelkhana.Com
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Worried about train food?

• Travelkhana.com comes to your rescue.
• It is a portal providing e-catering service to
  passengers of Indian railways.
• Travelkhana.com was launched in 2012 by
  technocrat Pushpinder Singh, an alumnus of BHU
  (Varanasi) and BIT Pilani. It involved
• Investment of Rs. 20 lakh by Pushpinder Singh.
• Investment of Rs 35 lakhs by start-up investors.

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The main aim was to bridge the gap between demand
and supply of decent food for train passengers.

• Traditional modes of food supply for train
  passengers suffered from the following
• Standard, boring and insipid choice of food
  throughout the country
• Unhygienic preparation of food
• Unhygienic packing which spoils the supply of the
  choicest food
• Food packed from home cannot last long and one
  has to depend on unhealthy snacks like fried
  chips.

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The mode of operation of travelkhana.com

• It has tied up with several hundred restaurants
  along the route of trains
• Vendors or restaurants are chosen with care onus
  is on cleanliness, timeliness and taste of food
  supplied.
• Travelkhana keeps track of train running status
  to enable timely delivery of train food parcel
  from vendors.

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How can one place food orders from train or
elsewhere?

• There are three ways to do this
• Call centre interface Our phone lines are open
  from 7 am to 10 pm daily
• Website interface Log into www. travelkhana.com
• Mobile app interface One can download the app.

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Order can be placed by

• Providing PNR number
• Providing choice of station
• Choosing from menu available
• Making online payment or if you wish, by cash on
  delivery

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Special packages are available from

• Students on study or holiday tours
• Pilgrims on group pilgrimage
• Office groups on official tours
• Wedding parties travelling together

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The USP of travelkhana.com

• Wide choice of cuisines
• Hygienic preparation
• Hygienic and fresh packing
• Timely delivery of food, fresh and hot, to train
  seat of customers

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Choice of menu with travelkhana.com is as
follows

• Continental, Chinese, North Indian, South Indian,
  Mughlai, Rajasthani, Pizza, snacks and beverages.
• There is also catering for those with special
  dietary needs like Jain food and Diabetics.
• Wide choice for both vegetarians and
  non-vegetarians.

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Travelkhana has won accolades from the travel
industry

• 2013- Best start-up of the year by CNBC TV-18
• 2014- Best travel website by IAMAI (the Internet
  and Mobile Association of India )

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To-date, travelkhana serves

• 7 lakh customers
• 500 cities
• 6000 trains
• Travelkhana ran on a pilot basis in 2012 in five
  stations Kota, Ajmer, Bhopal, Gwalior and
  Bhopal.

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Replacing pantry cars with service of
travelkhana.com will generate

• 1.1 crore extra seats
• Rs 800 crore extra revenue
• Vendors are given responsibility of logistics.
  Travelkhana helps them by providing current
  running status of trains through GPS enabled
  mobile applications.
• Travelkhana charges vendors a commission of 10
  to 20. It does not charge anything from
  customers.

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Order from Travelkhana.com for an enjoyable train
journey!