A new base kitchen is being established in Dhanbad by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide fresh food and snacks on trains passing through Dhanbad station. The base kitchen, located in Barmasia Road Chiragoड़ा, will be inaugurated on July 15th. Initially, the base kitchen will cater to...
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premium trains and other mail/express trains passing through Dhanbad, including the New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express and New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani Express. The base kitchen will be operated by RK Associates & Hoteliers Private Limited, which also manages base kitchens in other stations in Jharkhand. The facility has separate sections for vegetarian and non-vegetarian food preparation, as well as a dedicated section for parathas. The kitchen is air-conditioned and equipped with chimneys and hygiene facilities. The establishment of base kitchens is part of the Indian Railways' plan to eliminate pantry cars from trains, aiming to improve the quality and hygiene of food served to passengers. The base kitchen in Dhanbad will initially serve 12302 Howrah Rajdhani Express and 12314 Sealdah Rajdhani Express. Plans are in place to extend services to other trains like 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express, 12019-12020 Howrah-Ranchi-Howrah Shatabdi Express, 22317 Sealdah-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express, 12260 Bikaner-Sealdah Duronto Express, 12379 Sealdah-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express, and 12329 Sealdah-Anand Vihar West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express.

Indian Railways is preparing to introduce a sleeper variant of the Vande Bharat Express trains. This train, designed for long-distance travel, will run at a speed of 200 km per hour. This raises questions about the future of Shatabdi and Rajdhani Express trains, as the high-speed Vande Bharat Express sleeper variant...
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could potentially replace them. There are also plans to expand the Vande Bharat network with the introduction of Vande Metro services in Mumbai. Railway officials have confirmed that Vande Bharat Express trains will gradually replace Shatabdi Express trains. The sleeper variant of this semi-high-speed, indigenously-built train is seen as an alternative to the Rajdhani Express trains, which are considered a premium service connecting New Delhi to various state capitals. The growing popularity of Vande Bharat Express trains, along with their world-class amenities and services, has led to plans for expanding their network across the country.