New Delhi, July 8: Swiggy Limited, India’s leading on-demand convenience platform, today announced that it has expanded its Food on Train network to 180 cities across the country.
“With millions of families traveling for summer vacations, Swiggy’s Food on Train service witnessed 3x growth in orders in Q1, 2026 on a YoY (year-on-year) basis,” it said.
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, it said.
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.
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.”
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, Swiggy said.
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. (BVI)
