From the 17th, passengers traveling on G and D trains can order takeout on high-speed trains. Most of the businesses currently in the area are fast food such as KFC, McDonald's and Zhenkongfu. However, local specialties are also available at some stations, such as chow mein at Zhengzhou East Station and hui kang meat set rice at Chongqing North Station. Do you want to experience it?

What can I eat?

Fast food mostly special catering is on sale one after another

The high-speed rail can be ordered to the brand takeaway, in the outside world, this marks the first time that the door of China's railroad catering service is open to the community.

"China's high-speed railways used to be closed to meals, and the business performance was not good, according to statistics, the ordering rate of travelers on high-speed railways was only 5%." Jing Linbo, director of the Evaluation Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with CNN that taking high-speed rail may not always require catering services, not to mention that the cost-effectiveness is not high.

According to the news released by China Railway Corporation, passengers traveling on trains with G and D prefixes of moving trains can book meals through the 12306 website and cell phone APP.

See, not all railroad passengers can call takeaway, why other train sets are not included? Jing Linbo explained that among the railroad passengers, the purchasing power of high-speed rail and train passengers is relatively strong, and other train group passengers may be more sensitive to the price of meals and may not be willing to pay for differentiated meals.

Shanghai to Beijing, a number of high-speed railroad ordering shows that can be booked Kung Pao chicken, fish and meat set meal, such as 15 yuan boxed meals.

The reporter inquired Shanghai Hongqiao Station, Hangzhou East Railway Station, Chengdu East Railway Station and other pilot feeding station meals found that the price of the train's own meals is very transparent, from 15 yuan of Kung Pao Chicken set to 60 yuan of beef and fish block set can be booked; at the same time, the social brand food and beverage are also opening up booking one after another, but the existing on-line brands are mostly KFC, Dex, Zhenkongfu and other fast food, such as Zhengzhou East Railway Station, three-food Risotto and other specialties to be sold from July 18 after the successive start.

Official data show that in 2016, the national railroad passenger traffic completed 2.814 billion, for this "mobile" market, Jing Linbo think there are many articles can be done, high-speed rail catering is the way out of the food, gift, and thus as a cut, in order to open up a larger operating space. "For example, I may just stop by Wuhan station for a few minutes, but through online booking and offline delivery, glutinous rice chicken, duck neck and other Wuhan specialties can be brought home."

When to book?

Branded meals 2 hours before departure cut-off booking

It is understood that the pilot feeding station **** 27, respectively: Changchun Station, Changchun West Station, Shenyang North Station, Shijiazhuang Station, Tianjin West Station, Taiyuan South Station, Zhengzhou East Station, Wuhan Station, Hankou Station, Xi'an North Station, Jinan West Station, Hefei South Station, Nanjing South Station, Shanghai Hongqiao Station, Hangzhou East Station, Nanchang West Station, Fuzhou Station, Fuzhou South Railway Station, Xiamen North Railway Station, Changsha South Railway Station, Guangzhou South Railway Station, Nanning East Railway Station, Chengdu East Railway Station, Chongqing North Railway Station, Guiyang North Railway Station, Lanzhou West Railway Station, Xining Railway Station.

The reporter tried to order meals from the above stations and found that the cut-off time for booking self-owned meals is the departure time, while the booking of social brand meals needs to be made at least 2 hours in advance.

Taking the G8509 high-speed train from Chengdu East Station to Chongqing North Station as an example, the departure time of the originating station is 11:30, and self-managed meals can be booked and refunded before 11:30 on the same day; while the cut-off time and refund time of the social brand catering are in advance of the same day at 9:30 p.m.

High-speed rail booking of meals supports Alipay and WeChat payment

How to pay?

Support WeChat, Alipay payment refunds in seconds

The reporter noted that the 12306 website and cell phone APP in the 17th to do the update, the two ways can be smooth completion of the high-speed rail takeaway booking, payment, refund operation.

First of all, travelers need to enter the date of travel, number of cars, station of departure and other information to search for the meal through the food distribution station; after selecting the meal, you need to fill in detailed personal information, including the name of the traveler, compartment number, seat number, cell phone number, and invoice information, etc.; and then submit the order to enter the payment link, the reporter experience found that the use of Alipay and WeChat can be quickly complete the payment, the generated order can be in the "My ordering" in the query, and can track the delivery status.

It is worth mentioning that if the traveler's itinerary is changed or modified, the system will remind the traveler to return the meal. By clicking the "Refund" button in the order form, travelers will be prompted with a refund date of "1-7 business days", and the refund time is only a few seconds in the case of a personal test.

However, there are comments that the Chinese railroad for the first time to open the door of catering services to the community, this exploration in any case are worthy of affirmation, the railroads launched the "online ordering service" not only to meet the dietary needs of travelers to achieve the diversification of the catering supply, but also through the mechanism of market competition, forcing suppliers to improve the service level, in order to improve the overall catering service. service level to improve the overall quality of food service, enhance the corporate image.