Howrah-Guwahati Vande Bharat Sleeper train: Catering services included in fare for all classes, says Railway Board

“Catering services will be provided as an integral part of services within the fare notified in the fare table for all classes of services vide Commercial Circular referenced above. As such, catering charges will not be levied separately.

For making provision of catering services in Vande Bharat Sleeper trains, respective Zonal Railway shall reimburse @Rs.0.4/- per passenger per km (excluding GST) to IRCTC from the fare already notified. GST shall be applied as per extant instructions,” it said.

IRCTC to provide 1-litre Rail Neer, newspaper to all passengers

The Railway Board also said that IRCTC will provide a one-litre ‘Rail Neer’ packaged drinking water bottle and a newspaper to all passengers. “One lire ‘Rail Neer’ packaged drinking water bottle and newspaper will be provided to all passengers irrespective of journey time by IRCTC within the same reimbursement charges. No separate reimbursement on this account shall be made,” it said.

Catering services on Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper train

According to the Railway Board, IRCTC will provide catering services to all passengers of the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express, based on the journey duration between each origin–destination (O–D) pair of stations.

“IRCTC shall decide the requirement of services (i.e. Lunch, Dinner, Morning tea, & Evening tea) to passengers between each O-D pair of stations and fix the menu of each service accordingly within the above mentioned reimbursement charge,” the RB said in its letter. 

It also instructed zonal railways that IRCTC should notify details of the catering services provided to passengers of the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express for the information of both passengers and the Railways.