Railway officials conducted surprise inspections of pantry cars on trains 12860, 12870, and 12889, finding several violations on the Bangalore Express (12889). The pantry car dealer was found selling food items despite their food license expiring on February 13th, 2023. Other violations included the lack of a rate chart,...
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a complaint register, and an authorized spring brand of packaged drinking water. Additionally, unauthorized pantry staff were found working without proper registration. On the Mumbai CSMT Weekly Express (12870) and the Gitaanjali Express (12860), four employees lacked police verification records, and unauthorized water brands were confiscated. Food preparation was also taking place in the pantry car, which is prohibited. The inspection also revealed improper maintenance of employee attendance records, and cleanliness and hygiene were found to be lacking. ACM Vineet Kumar stated that strict action would be taken against the pantry car operators.

Due to ongoing platform expansion and non-interlocking work at Mumbai CSMT, several train services are affected. Both directions of Duronto Express from the South East Central Railway are canceled. Three trains will terminate at Dadar Station before their destination, and four trains will commence their journey from Dadar Station instead. This...
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impacts passengers from Raipur, Bilaspur, and other areas traveling to Mumbai and Howrah. The affected trains include the Howrah-CSMT Duronto Express (12262), CSMT-Howrah Duronto Express (12261), Howrah-CSMT Superfast Mail Express (12810), Howrah-CSMT Express (12870), Howrah-CSMT Gitanjali Express (12860), and Gondia-CSMT Express (12106). Specific dates and affected periods are provided in the text.

Railway officials conducted inspections of pantry cars on two express trains at Chakradharpur station on Friday night. During these inspections, they found that local bottled water was being sold instead of Rail Neer, leading to the seizure of 46 cartons of the local water. The pantry car operator, Express Food Service...
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Manager, was questioned, and the railway commercial department has recommended action against them. The inspections are part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality of food served in train pantry cars.

Passengers are expressing outrage as many trains passing through the Chakradharpur railway division are replacing their third AC coaches with economy class coaches, despite charging for the AC service. This issue was reported in the 12870 Howrah Mumbai CSTM train on Friday, where the AC 3 coach B1 was replaced with...
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an economy class coach. This practice is attributed to a shortage of coaches, leading the railway to substitute AC 3 coaches with economy class coaches, despite the latter having fewer seats (83 compared to AC's 72) and smaller seat size, causing discomfort for passengers.

On Friday evening, a raid was conducted on train number 12870, running from Howrah to Mumbai, led by ACM Vinit Kumar. A large quantity of water was seized during the raid. It was found that the pantry car was selling water from a company other than the one authorized by...
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the railways. This led to the confiscation of the water. Officers from the catering department were also present at the scene.