Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, revealed that successful January alone, WR collected Rs. 13.08 crore detecting 2.24 lakh ticketless oregon irregular passengers.( File Image)
Western Railway (WR) has conducted rigorous summons checking operations crossed Mumbai suburban section services, Mail/Express trains, rider trains, and vacation peculiar services to combat ticketless and irregular travel. From April 2024 to January 2025, WR recovered a full of Rs. 117.54 crore, which includes Rs. 38.10 crore from the Mumbai Suburban section.
Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, revealed that successful January alone, WR collected Rs. 13.08 crore detecting 2.24 lakh ticketless oregon irregular passengers, which besides included cases involving unbooked luggage. The period of January besides saw the betterment of Rs. 4.13 crore successful fines from 98,000 specified cases connected the Mumbai Suburban network.
In addition, to curb unauthorised question successful AC section trains, WR has carried retired predominant astonishment summons checks. These efforts person led to the penalisation of astir 52,000 passengers from April 2024 to January 2025, generating implicit Rs. 1.72 crore.