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A coach-themed restaurant, which is portion of the Southern Railway’s ‘Food connected Wheels’ initiative, is acceptable to unfastened astatine the Kozhikode railway station.
This follows akin projects being developed astatine Payyannur and Palakkad Town stations nether the Palakkad Railway Division, arsenic good arsenic astatine the Mattanchery Halt presumption nether the Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division. The task involves converting decommissioned bid carriages into distinctive, air-conditioned eating spaces.
The Kozhikode task is successful its archetypal stages, with the declaration awarded to a catering institution based successful Erode, for ₹36 lakh.
According to an authoritative from the Palakkad Railway Division, the edifice volition beryllium modelled connected a palmy coach-themed installation astatine the Chennai Central railway station, which was acceptable up by the aforesaid firm.
Sources said a decommissioned manager would archetypal beryllium identified and presented to the steadfast for assessment. If it meets their requirements, it volition beryllium utilized for the project. Otherwise, an alternate carriage volition beryllium sourced from Chennai. The institution volition past undertake extended modifications, including repainting and interior renovation.
Renovation and engineering works are nether mode astatine the Kozhikode station. Once completed, the operation of the edifice volition statesman connected a vacant crippled adjacent level no. 1, adjacent to Link Road.
The authoritative said the task would screen an country of astir 6,000 quadrate feet. A decommissioned railway carriage volition beryllium refurbished and installed connected a raised instauration alongside a recently constructed, platform-like structure. This layout is designed to recreate an authentic railway ambience portion offering an outdoor eating option.
The inaugural aims astatine generating non-fare gross for the railway web portion offering passengers and visitors a unsocial eating experience. In summation to the carriage-based eating area, the tract volition diagnostic a kitchen, a parking lot, a bakery, and tiny retail stalls. It volition besides enactment online bookings and takeaway services.
“These facilities volition beryllium afloat accessible to some obstruction passengers and the public,” the authoritative said.
Similar coach-themed restaurants are besides slated to unfastened astatine Palakkad Town and Payyannur stations.
