Central Railway registers earnings of Rs. 9.72 crore from ticketless / irregular travelers for the period July 2018

Central Railway registered a record ticket checking earnings of Rs.9.72 crore for the period July 2018 in its intensive campaign against ticketless and irregular travel. In its endeavor to provide better services to bonafide rail users and also to curb the ticketless travel, Central Railway has regularly taken innovative steps. Senior Officers are closely monitoring the revenue loss due to ticketless travel and such other irregularities.

In the month of July 2018, a total of 2.32 lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected as against 2.16 lakh cases in the corresponding month of last year i.e. July2017, showing an increase of 7.4 %. During the month of July 2018 the earnings realized from ticketless/irregular travel was Rs. 9.72 crore as against Rs. 9.16 crore showing an increase of 6.11 % as compared to earnings registered during the corresponding month of last year i.e. July 2017.

Central Railway has detected total 13.17 lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travel and unbooked luggage during the period April 2018 to July 2018, as against 11.99 lakh cases detected during the corresponding period last year, showing an increase of 9.84%. The earnings realized during the period from April 2018 to June 2018 from ticketless/irregular travel registered Rs.69.07 crore as against Rs.63.16 croreregistered during the corresponding period of last year showing an increase of 9.36%in earnings.

In addition during the month of July 2018, 202 cases of transfer of reserved journey tickets were detected and Rs. 1.85 lakhrecovered as penalty.

Central Railway appeals to the passengers to travel with proper and valid railway tickets in order to avoid inconvenience and travel with dignity.