The fact is many regular ...day trains.... do not have pantry car facilities. And so pantry car... on special train ... is a distant dream..
@ The recent trend which the Railways are trying is phasing out pantry cars in a gradual manner to accomodate more passengers by attaching a coach instead.
The pantry car is being replaced by pantry facilitt thereby catering of food items - snacks, beverages etc. will be uploaded on the train from the intermediate stations and kept & stored in hot cases in each...
more... coach .... which in turn.... to be served later to the passengers..