New meal service for train travelers on the right track

AS OF MONDAY, 27 high-speed train stations were providing a pilot food-on-demand service to passengers, who can pre-order food from a selection of the outlets at the stations. China Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:

Complaints about the expensive, tasteless meal boxes offered on high-speed trains are not rare, and many passengers prefer to take instant noodles with them or else not eat at all while traveling by train. So the takeouts-on-demand that can be ordered via China Railway Corp's website or its app two hours before the train is scheduled to arrive at a selected station could be a savior to those hungry travelers who have no interest in the meal boxes.

The pre-order service costs as much as that offered by popular food delivery apps like Eleme, except the delivery fee is around 8 yuan ($1.2), which is slightly higher than in cities.