- Multi-station bookings surged by over 300% by Q1, FY27
- 4 lakh+ rotis ordered via Swiggy’s Food on Train this summer.
- Mango Shake was the preferred drink with orders up 10% as compared to winters, while Soft drinks surged 354%. Lassi was up 100%. Ice cream orders jumped 140%.
- Newly launched ‘Scan your ticket’ feature provides added convenience to travellers
In addition to this, multi-station journeys — where the same passenger ordered food at 2 or more stations on a single PNR — grew over 300% year-on-year, with passengers spending nearly 2.2x more on food than those who order at just one stop. The most popular two-stop eating trail was Bhopal to Nagpur, with over 1,300 passengers ordering at both stations on the same booking. Also, Food on Train service helped onboard thousands of new-to-Swiggy users daily, e.g. 66% of orders at Guna were from first-time Swiggy users. Swiggy Food on Train offering added 17 new stations this summer, including Gurugram, Udaipur, Bikaner, Davanagere, Kayamkulam, Nanded, Amravati, Shoranur, Arrah, Tadpatri & Nizamabad — expanding Swiggy’s flavour footprint across desert tracks, northern plains, Deccan and Kerala's lush backwaters. Also, many passengers used the Food on Train offering to place orders up to four days ahead of their travel date.
As travellers explored and traveled across the country this summer, there were some interesting trends in food ordered via Swiggy’s Food on Train offering. The most-ordered dish was Roti — with over 4 lakh rotis ordered on moving trains this summer alone, ranging from Tawa Roti, Tandoori Roti, Butter Roti, to Phulka. Masala Dosa, Aloo Paratha and the ever-popular McAloo Tikki Burger were the other popular dishes. Chicken Biryani was the single most-ordered non-veg dish. Also, as temperatures soared across the country, Mango Shake became the breakout summer star in beverages category— orders for the drink jumped nearly 10x compared to winter, making it the most seasonal item on the entire platform. Also, soft drinks surged 354%. Lassi was up 100%. Ice cream orders jumped 140%. Also, Burger — ordered nearly twice as often as the national average for the students.
Speaking on the growth story of Food on Train offering by Swiggy, Deepak Maloo, Vice President- Food Strategy, Customer Experience & New Initiatives, Swiggy, said“ Food on Train has witnessed exponential growth in the last one year and the last quarter has been no different, with a 3x YoY growth in orders. It is heartening to see the growth and consumer love for this offering across the country, with customers also booking their meals well in advance. Even in tier-4 towns and cities, customers witnessed first-time digital moments when they discovered Food on Train at a junction platform while their train paused for ten minutes. Also, the university hubs have emerged as a major contributor to the growth story as we have witnessed the highest ever surge amongst student orders during this quarter, with the last week of May recording a jump of 70% in student orders with orders peaking at Kharagpur, Kanpur, and Aligarh stations, as hundreds of thousands of engineering and university students boarded trains back to campus”
Food choices varied beautifully across regions, revealing India's diverse summer appetite. In the North, travellers leaned into indulgent comfort: Roti with rich Curry, Aloo Paratha and the Burger ruled corridors through Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra and Bhopal. The South celebrated with its breakfast classics — at Nellore, Dosa accounted for over 14% of all items ordered. Andhra Pradesh was unmistakably Biryani land- at Vijayawada, nearly 1 in 5 items ordered was a Biryani. The East, from Bhubaneswar to Kharagpur, leaned on Thalis, Fried Rice and rice bowls. And in the West, Goa-bound passengers on the Konkan route defied national trends entirely — at Madgaon Junction, the Burger overtook Biryani as the most-ordered dish.
On the brand front, Haldiram's, Paradise Biryani, A2B – Adyar Ananda Bhavan, McDonald's and KFC were the most preferred by travellers across stations — reflecting a blend of regional loyalty and trusted national names. Some of the season's most heartwarming stories came from India's smaller towns. At Guna in Madhya Pradesh, 2 in 3 passengers who ordered train food this summer were doing so on a food delivery app for the very first time in their lives. India Rise stations — the India Rise emerging towns — grew 253% year-on-year, outpacing metros by a factor of nearly two. The train is where the next wave of India's digital food economy is being created.
About Swiggy
Swiggy is India’s pioneering on-demand convenience platform, catering to millions of consumers each month. Founded in 2014, its mission is to elevate the quality of life for the urban consumer by offering unparalleled convenience, enabled by over 6.1 lakh delivery partners. With an extensive footprint in food delivery, Swiggy Food collaborates with over 2.7 lakh restaurants across 720+ cities. Instamart, its quick commerce platform operating in 129 cities, delivers groceries and other essentials across 20+ categories. Fueled by a commitment to innovation, Swiggy continually incubates and integrates new services like Swiggy Dineout and Swiggy Scenes into its multi-service app as well as creating standalone offerings like Toing and Crew for opening up new market segments. Leveraging cutting-edge technology and Swiggy One, the country’s only membership program offering benefits across food, quick commerce and dining out, Swiggy aims to provide a superior experience to its users.For more details, please visit our website: www.swiggy.com/corporate
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