In order to ensure hassle-free, comfortable travel & better services to all bonafide passengers over Western Railway, intensive ticketchecking 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 ticketchecking team under the supervision of senior commercial officers of Western Railway organized several ticketchecking drives during the period from April to May 2025, thereby recovering an amount to the tune of INR 43.54 Crore, which also includes INR 11.71 Cr from Mumbai Suburban section.
According to a press release issued by Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, Shri Vineet Abhishek during the month of May 2025, an amount of INR 21.65 crore was recovered through detection of 3.02 lakh ticketless/irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases. Also, in the month of May,2025 WR realized fines amounting to INR 5.71 crore through detection of more than 1.04 Lakh cases over Mumbai Suburban section. To prevent unauthorized entry in AC local trains, frequent surprise ticketchecking drives are also being carried out. As a result of these drives, more than 10300 unauthorized passengers have been penalized in April to May 2025 and almost INR 35 lakhs collected in fines.
Western Railway appeals to the general public to travel with proper and valid tickets.