A rail time-table is a detailed guide on trains plying from one destination to another. It gives you information on major trains running across the length and breadth of the country.

1. Railway time-table
A rail time-table is a detailed guide on trains
plying from one destination to another. It
gives you information on major trains running
across the length and breadth of the country.
A few highlights you would like to know:

2. PNR status
• PNR stands for Passenger’s Name Record.
• It is a unique ten digit number.
• You input the number on the enquiry website.
• You get info on whether your berth is confirmed or
shows RAC.
• RAC is Reservations Against Cancellations
• If RAC, the number of RAC waiting list is also populated.

3. Indian Railway Zonal map is divided into the
following categories
• Central Railway
• East Central Railway
• East Coast Railway
• Eastern Railway
• North Central Railway
• Northern Eastern Railway
• Northern Western Railway
• Northeast Frontier Railway
• Northern Railway
• South Central Railway
• South East Railway and few others

4. List of trains plying through the Rajdhani
route
• New Delhi to Jammu Tawi
• New Delhi to Bhubaneswar
• New Delhi to Howrah via Gaya
• New Delhi to Howrah via Patna
• Nizammuddin to Bangalore & few others.
You can go through the hand book in detail or download
the application on your smart phone in order to get the
entire list.

5. A list of trains to major railway stations is as
follows:
• Trains to Ahmadabad Junction
• Trains to Allahabad Junction
• Trains to Bangalore Cy Junction
• Trains to Chandigarh
• Trains to Chennai
• Trains to Coimbatore Junction
• Trains to Kolkata
• Trains to Howrah
• Trains to Mysore
• Trains to Nagpur
• Trains to Mumbai Central
• Trains to New Delhi
• Trains to Puducherry and few others

6. Some of the popular trains where Travelkhana-
food ordering joint has catered to
• 12833 Ahmedabad Howrah Mail Super Fast
• 12834 Howrah Ahmedabad Express
• 12295 Sangamitra Express
• 12472 Swaraj Express
• 12910 Nizammuddin Bandra terminus
• 12627 Karnataka Express
• 12307 Howrah Jodhpur Express
• 12621 Tamilnadu Express
• 12723 Hyderabad Express

7. Tie up of food joints at Travel khana at major
railway stations as follows:
• At Chennai Central travelkhana operates through a vendor named
“Vijaya Hotel”.
• You get lunch packets upon arriving the Central Station and the
minimum order taken is Rs 1000.
• At Bangalore food orders are taken from Yelahanka railway station.
• One needs to catch Bangalore East bound trains, where in a
stopping would be at Yelahanka.
• At New Delhi you have travel khana operating through Yummy
Delhi. They offer authentic range of lunch packets as well as snacks.
• At Vadodra Junction you get food packets from Vadodra Spicy or
Vadodra joint and for non- veg you can place orders through
Vadodra Non-Veg Kings.
• Travel khana brings food to Mumbai travellers through SabkaKhana
and CST lunch box. Packets need to be ordered for a minimum of Rs
1200.

8. Cash on Delivery
• The best part about travel khana is
• You can make your food bookings online.
• And pay cash only when they are served at your seat.
• Prior booking and having to pay only after the stuff is
delivered is known as “Cash on Delivery” or COD
• Most of the outlets accept payment through COD option.