Country's fastest train, the Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 built under Make in India initiative, is set to be flagged off on February 15th by PM Modi. Going by the latest reports, it seems like the Indian Railways isn't leaving any stone unturned in making it the best travelling experience for the people. In recent development, it's been reported that the railways are going to serve muffins and donuts for the breakfast and the dinner will include a meal from a 5-star restaurant in Kanpur whereas the lunch will come from a high end restaurant in Allahabad.

The quality of food service in Indian railways often receives a lot of flak but Train 18 seeks to change that. As reported by Hindustan Times, the Vande Bharat Express ditched the regular bread and cutlet breakfast served in the train for a more sophisticated and delicious meal.

"For breakfast in the morning, we will not be serving the regular Indian Railway breakfast of cutlet and bread. There will be patties, muffins and donuts for breakfast," an IRCTC official told HT.

The report further stated that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), an auxiliary branch of Indian Railways which takes care of catering, tourism and online ticketing operations, is planning to outsource catering services to make the travel more comfortable and convenient for the passengers.

"We have tied up with a hotel in Kanpur and dinner will be loaded there. Dinner will be served from Kanpur onwards for passengers coming from Varanasi and going to New Delhi. For travel between New Delhi and Varanasi, we will have lunch at Allahabad. The food outlet has not been finalised yet but it will be of a good brand," the official added.

The semi-high speed train has two classes- executive class and chair car the tickets for which include the catering charges as well. The Railways had announced the fares yesterday, which they've now revised after the feedback. Now, for Delhi to Varanasi, the fares for AC chair car have been reduced from Rs 1,850 to Rs 1,760 and the executive class fares are reduced from Rs 3,520 to Rs 3,310.

Vande Bharat Express will take eight hours to travel from Delhi to Varanasi, halting at only two stations on its route- Kanpur and Prayagraj.

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