{"id":553602,"date":"2023-02-07T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T04:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=553602"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:39:57","slug":"train-passengers-can-now-book-meals-through-irctcs-whatsapp-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/train-passengers-can-now-book-meals-through-irctcs-whatsapp-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Train passengers can now book meals through IRCTC\u2019s WhatsApp service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has started a new initiative under which passengers on select trains can order food on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers can send messages to the number \u2013 8750001323 \u2013 for getting food delivered to their respective berths. The initiative is being implemented in two phases.<\/p>\n<p>In the first phase, a customer booking an e-ticket will receive a message from the WhatsApp number with the option to opt for e-catering services by clicking the link http:\/\/www.ecatering.irctc.co.in. <\/p>\n<p>With this option, customers will be able to book meals from restaurants along the route, directly through the e-catering website of the IRCTC without even taking the hassle to download the messaging app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has started a new initiative under which passengers on select trains can order food on WhatsApp. Passengers can send messages to the number \u2013 8750001323 \u2013 for getting food delivered to their respective berths. The initiative is being implemented in two phases. In the first phase, a customer booking an e-ticket will receive a message from the WhatsApp number with the option to opt for e-catering services by clicking the link http:\/\/www.ecatering.irctc.co.in. With this option, customers will be able to book meals from restaurants along the route, directly through the e-catering website [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}