Mumbai: CR Clocks Rs.200 Crore From Ticket Checking Revenue. Central Railway CR in its endeavor to provide better services to bonafide rail users and also to curb ticketless travel, has regularly conducts intensive ticket checking drives against ticketless and irregular travel in Suburban, Mail, Express, Passenger and special trains. Further to arrest revenue leakage, Central Railway vigilance team along with ticket checking staff also conducts such drives against ticketless travel.
During the period from April 2021 to 16th March 2022 (1.4.2021 to 16.3.2022) a total of 33.30 lakh cases were detected and so CR Clocks revenue of Rs.200.85 crore realised which is the highest in terms of cases and revenue among all Zonal Railways. These are highest ever earnings of Central Railway despite Covid-19 restrictions. Highest by any zone on Indian Railways during Apr 2021- 16th March 2022
Mumbai Division has detected 12.93 lakh cases of ticketless and irregular travel realizing Rs.66.84 crores which is highest amongst all divisions of Central Railway. Bhusaval Division detected 8.15 lakh cases of irregular travel realizing Rs.58.75 crore, Nagpur Division realized Rs.33.32 Crore from 5.03 lakh cases of irregular travel, Solapur Division detected 3.36 lakh cases of irregular travel realizing Rs.19.42 crore and Pune Division detected 2.05 lakh cases of irregular travel and realized Rs.10.05 crore. The Ticket checking squads of Headquarters also detected 1.80 lakh cases of ticketless and irregular travel and recovered Rs. 12.47 crore.
In addition to above during this period in all 56,443 persons were detected for violating Covid appropriate behaviour and not wearing masks and a penalty of Rs.88.78 lakh was recovered from them.
Central Railway appeals the passengers to travel with proper and valid railway tickets in order to avoid inconvenience and travel with dignity & follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour for their and other’s safety.
