Watch: Vande Bharat Express Passengers Return 'Smelling' Food

A shocking video that shows hordes of passengers asking the train staff to take back their almost untouched food trays is going viral. This video was posted on X by a Vande Bharat Express train passenger, who claimed that the food served inside the train was stale. In a video, he shows the food and says that the vegetable dish “smells” bad and the daal is “stale.”

While sharing these clips, he tagged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and wrote, “Hi sir I am in journey with 22416 from NDLS to BSB. Food that was served now is smelling and very dirty food quality. Kindly refund my all the money.. These vendor are spoiling the brand name of Vande Bharat express.”

Commenting on this post, an X user recalled, “Same is condition on Rajdhani also. For that matter if you are standing at platform & if any mail express train happens to pass be it Rajdhani/Vande Bharat the stink which is left on platform is unbearable. Trains are dirty no cleaning takes place & we give lectures on Cleanliness.”

Another person commented, “What is this going on..It’s shame, we want to compete with international standards and still we can’t provide basic services. Food in railway is always substandard. Everyone is on commission and they don’t care for passenger, Brand name. They will say sorry and will give false promises. There are always 1000 of complaints about Railway service. But Rail authority is deaf and acting dumb, Government is trying to do best but some corrupt people are spoiling whole picture. @IndianRailMedia.”

Someone else recommended that Indian Railways should prefer dry snacks over cooked meals and wrote, “Irctc need to stop food as cooked food will stale after few hours, specially the omlette is very dangerous if cooked 6 hours b4 eating it. Better supply dry snacks like chevda or any dry snack with good tea or coffee.”

This is not the first time that someone has highlighted bad food quality in Vande Bharat Express trains. Back in July 2023, a passenger highlighted the difference between the high quality of food served during the inaugural run of the Vande Bharat Express train vs the low-quality food served later.

The passenger described the new meal as “Stone hard Paneer, Cold Food, Stale Salty Dal”. He added, “The missing Dahi, Sanitizer, and importantly quality. Please lend me a good explanation if your invited guests enjoy such good food, why cant a common paying passenger receive the same quality food.. All such work has already created a worst impression on the passengers.”