Railways earns Rs 31 lah from ticketless passengers

The Railways earned Rs 2.56 crore revenue as fine from ticketless passengers from all railway stations falling in the Ferozepur division in October. Out of the 2.56 crore, Rs 31 lakh was earned from ticketless passengers at the Amritsar railway station.

Ticket checking teams of the Ferozepur division conducted intensive ticket checking in trains to curb ticketless and irregular travel to provide a comfortable travel and better services to all genuine rail users. During ticket checking in trains in October, a total of 29,775 passengers were found travelling without tickets by the ticket checking staff and Chief Ticket Inspectors of the division and a total revenue of Rs 2.56 crore was recovered from them as fine.

In order to keep the railway stations falling in the division clean and prevent the general public from littering at the stations and make them aware of cleanliness, regular checking is done at the main stations of the division. As a result, more than Rs 1 lakh was recovered from 567 passengers in October for littering on the station premises.