Scaling Onboard Billing Across India's Premium Trains
Meal On Wheels partnered with FINLO and IRCTC to digitise food and service billing on 350+ trains — including Vande Bharat and Shatabdi — with 1000+ active FINLO licences.
1000+
Licences deployed across IRCTC network
350+
Trains running FINLO-powered billing
2x
Faster average billing during peak meal windows
Operational Challenges
Onboard catering required a billing system that could keep pace with high volumes, complex GST rules, and limited connectivity.
- Manual receipts made reconciliation slow and error-prone.
- Need for GST-compliant invoices across multiple menus and routes.
- Low network availability inside moving trains.
- Limited visibility for IRCTC into vendor-level performance.
FINLO Impact at a Glance
Solution Highlights
A tightly integrated billing stack tailored for onboard catering teams.
POS devices continue to work in patchy network conditions and sync data automatically whenever connectivity is restored.
Pre-configured menus for different routes, coaches, and service types with GST slabs handled in the background.
Passengers receive itemised receipts with QR codes, improving trust and reducing disputes.
IRCTC teams access route-wise, coach-wise, and vendor-wise performance dashboards from a single console.