In order to ensure hassle-free, comfortable travel and better services to all bonafide passengers over Western Railway, intensive ticket checking drives are being carried out continuously over Mumbai suburban local services, Mail/Express as well as passenger trains & Holiday special trains so as to curb the menace of ticketless/irregular passengers.
The highly motivated ticket checking team under the supervision of senior commercial officers of Western Railway organized several ticket checking drives during the period from April, 2023 to March, 2024, thereby recovering an amount to the tune of INR 173.89 crore, which also includes INR 46.90 crore from Mumbai Suburban section.
According to a press release issued by Public Relations Department of Western Railway, during the month of March, 2024, an amount of INR 16.77 crore was recovered through detection of 2.75 lakh ticketless/irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases. Also in the month of March, WR realized fines amounting to INR 4.80 Crore through detection of more than 01 lakh cases over Mumbai Suburban section.
To prevent unauthorized entry in AC local trains, frequent surprise Ticket Checking drives are carried out.
As a result of these drives almost 60,000 unauthorized passengers have been penalized during the period April, 2023 to March, 2024 and more than Rs. 200 lakh collected in fines, which is more than 25% higher than the same period of last year.
Western Railway appeals to the general public to travel with proper and valid tickets.
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