Western Railway collects Rs 21.89 crore fine from ticketless passengers in April — second highest in 5 years

In order to ensure hassle-free, comfortable travel and better services to all passengers travelling in different trains of Western Railway, the authorities carried out continuous intensive ticket-checking drives in Mumbai suburban local services, mail/express trains, as well as passenger trains and holiday specials in a crackdown bid on ticketless or irregular passengers in April.

The ticket-checking team under the supervision of senior commercial officers of the Western Railway had during the month-long drive collected a total penalty of Rs 21.89 crore, which includes Rs 6 crore from Mumbai suburban section (local trains), says sources in the railway division.

As press release issued by Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway, Vineet Abhishek, stated: “An amount of Rs. 21.89 crore was recovered through detection from 3.10 lakh ticketless/irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases in April month, including Rs. 6 crores fine amount collected from 1 lakh passengers from Mumbai Suburban section. To prevent unauthorised entry in AC local trains, frequent surprise ticket checking drives are also being carried out. As a result of these drives, more than 6,000 unauthorised passengers have been penalised in April 2025 and Rs. 20.24 lakhs collected in fines.”