{"id":1069,"date":"2008-09-10T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T07:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2008-09-10T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T07:43:43","slug":"for-beauty-on-rail-blue-is-in-rail-sundaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/2008\/09\/10\/for-beauty-on-rail-blue-is-in-rail-sundaris\/","title":{"rendered":"For Beauty on rail, Blue is in &#8211; Rail Sundaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TimesOfIndia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TimesOfIndia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive picture(from TOI) of the first batch deployed in Darjeeling Himalayan Railway<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/epaper.timesofindia.com\/Repository\/getimage.dll?path=MMIR\/2008\/09\/10\/4\/Img\/Pc0040400.jpg\" alt=\"Rail Hostesses\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>From November, rail sundaris to welcome passengers and serve snacks on Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018rail-hostesses\u2019 who will be deployed on select trains will be dressed in smart blue trousers, white shirts and waistcoats. <\/p>\n<p>Railway officials said the uniform was chosen keeping in mind the difficulties of working on a running train. \u201cThey cannot wear saris or skirts like air-hostesses because of the train\u2019s movement but the alternative had to be attractive. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis uniform was finalised keeping in mind decent appearance and comfort of the hostesses,\u201d a senior official said. The first batch of rail-hostesses have been deployed on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). However, Mumbaikars will get a firsthand experience only in November when they will begin attending to passengers in A\/C two-tier coaches on the Rajdhani Express trains running between Mumbai and Delhi. <\/p>\n<p>Their job will be similar to that of air-hostesses. They will welcome passengers, serve snacks and meals. For overnight journeys, they will provide blankets and address passengers\u2019 grievances.<br \/>\nSanjay Goswami, manager, KBS Tours and Travels, which provided the first batch of rail-hostesses, says, \u201cThe aim is to match up to the air travel experience by improving the quality of on-board services. So far, the rail-hostesses have received a good response and lived up to the expectations of passengers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The company is deploying rail-hostesses in phases.<br \/>\nThey will be introduced on the Kanchan Kanya Express and North Bengal Express on September 26 and on the Delhi-Sealdah Samparkranti Express and Delhi-Guwahati Samparkranti Express in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source : TimesOfIndia.com Exclusive picture(from TOI) of the first batch deployed in Darjeeling Himalayan Railway From November, rail sundaris to welcome passengers and serve snacks on Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express The \u2018rail-hostesses\u2019 who will be deployed on select trains will be dressed in smart blue trousers, white shirts and waistcoats. Railway officials said the uniform was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4,8],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-fun","tag-india","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}