Food delivery platform Swiggy announced a partnership with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) to deliver pre-ordered meals to travellers at four major railway stations in India, joining rival Zomato in offering this service.

• As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Swiggy will start delivering food from its extensive restaurant network to passengers on select trains, beginning with Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, and Vijayawada stations.
• The service will likely be rolled out for 59 more stations across the country in the coming weeks.
• The Indian Railways transports over 8 billion passengers annually. Last October, it announced a similar association with rival Zomato, starting with railway stations of New Delhi, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi. 
• The delivery of the pre-ordered meals will be done through IRCTC’s e-catering portal.