‘Restaurant on Coach’ to come up at Thanjavur railway junction early next year

The Tiruchi Railway Division volition soon found the 2nd ‘Restaurant connected Coach’ astatine Thanjavur railway junction to connection a unsocial eating acquisition for the obstruction travellers and the wide public. 

Works connected with the task has already commenced astatine Thanjavur Junction with an aged railway manager being placed astatine the designated spot connected a way nether this caller initiative. The aged coach, which had completed its codal life, was selected and provided by the Tiruchi Division to service arsenic a edifice aft indispensable modifications inside.

The divisional railway authorities, done unfastened bids, had identified the agency which would customise the aged manager and person it into a edifice to connection a caller eating acquisition for travellers and the wide public. The bureau would wholly refurbish and revamp the interiors of the aged obstruction manager to marque it look swanky. It would supply indispensable seating arrangements for the customers, lighting and air-conditioned facility, among others, to supply a bully ambience wrong the revamped coach. 

The exterior information of the manager would beryllium fixed a caller overgarment of overgarment to marque it look brighter, said the divisional railway authorities. The Tiruchi Division had carried retired the civilian works for placing the manager connected a way too providing the aged coach. The bureau would support and operate the ‘Restaurant connected Coach’ for a play of 5 years nether a declaration with the railways. It is expected to go functional aboriginal adjacent year, the authorities further said.

The first ‘Restaurant connected Coach’ successful Tiruchi Division was opened connected Tiruchi Rail Museum premises adjacent the railway junction successful October last. The determination is an inaugural of the railways to make non-fare revenue.

The authorities further said plans were afoot to found a akin ‘Restaurant connected Coach’ astatine Nagapattinam, Villupuram and Tiruvarur stations successful the adjacent future.