Comesum Cafe: Indian Railways sees Light at Nizamuddin Railway Station
For quite some time, if you were catching a train from the Old Delhi Railway Station or Nizamuddin Railway Station, it was impossible to find a decent eating joint. I remember on many trips we either packed something from home (both of us are bad cooks) or ate in dhabas (I like eating in dhabas) but they were at least a kilometer away from the station, or so it seemed on an empty stomach and pollution filled eyes.Then suddenly on one trip (I have forgotten which one, Oh! it was to Bangalore, now I remember after writing a few more lines) I saw a proper eating joint that you can see in the picture. Now this is a great idea. The place is always full whenever I went there and the food is quite decent and prices reasonable. On my trip to Bharatpur, I had a coffee and a rawa masala dosa. There are so many people traveling by trains that it makes great sense to have places like this. I wonder what took the Indian Railways to come up with one?
More on the cafe from Rediff.
Labels: Indian Railways
posted by Mridula at 9:23 PM
6 Comments:
Was this place started by Indian Railways ? Or did I just misunderstand your last statement ?
Pooja, the Indian Railways invited tenders from private parties, more on it here.
With air travel becoming more affordable, I think railwayws will HAVE to bring on such initiatives to sustain ppl travelling in stations.
Nice pic :)
Suyog
Right Suyog, recently my younger nephew was travelling alone in AC three and he was offered an upgrade to AC 2! My 15 year old had a nice time.
On Saturday I was in Union Station (trains to NYC, Boston, etc.) and it was impressive seeing the good shops & restuarants.
Yes Crystal, and things are slowly but surely changing in India.
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