CSMT to get its 1st restaurant on wheels by middle of 2022

MUMBAI: Passengers and visitors travelling to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in 2022 will be able to dine in the city’s first restaurant on wheels.

The Central Railway has awarded the tender for the construction of the restaurant that will come up at the P D‘mello entrance of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

The restaurant will be made inside a discarded rail coach, construction of which is likely to start by year-end.

The interior of the restaurant will be designed on the Indian Railways theme.

The coach will be placed alongside the heritage gully at the entrance of the railway station.

The gully has rail artefacts including narrow gauge locomotives, country’s first locomotives and a printing press.

The zonal railway is expected to earn nearly ₹28 lakh by providing the restaurant to a contractor.

“Contract for the construction and designing has been awarded. The coach has not been physically moved yet to the P D‘mello entrance of the terminus, but it will be done soon. We are planning to open the restaurant by mid next year.” said a senior Central

Railway official.

The railway tracks, coach and a drainage system will be provided by the Central Railway.

The restaurant on wheels plan was suggested by the Indian Railways in a bid to increase their non-fare revenue.

All zonal railways have been asked to identify locations to construct restaurants inside the discarded coaches of the trains.