Central Rly earns 100 Cr from ticketless travellers in 7 months

Mumbai, November 13: If you are travelling without ticket in the train then beware because under a special drive carried out by the commercial department of Central Railways, it has has collected a record Rs. 100.67 crore as fine from ticketless travellers from April to October.

 

“The Central Railway registered a record ticket checking earnings of Rs. 100.67 crore for the period April to October 2017 and credit for this goes to the intensive campaign against ticketless and irregular travellers launched by the commercial department,” said the official.

During the seven-month period, a total of 19.82 lakh cases of ticketless or irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected by the commercial staff as against 16.37 lakh cases during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 21.08 per cent in number of cases, he said.

 

An amount of Rs. 100.67 crore was realised from them as fine against Rs. 80.02 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 25.81 per cent in earnings, he added.

The Central Railway has been taking regular steps to provide better services to its bonafide rail users and also to curb the ticketless travel, he said.