New Delhi: Central Railways has earned revenue of Rs 63.62 crore from 9.04 lakh cases of ticketless and unauthorised travellers in April and May, senior railway officials said.
Informing the action against unauthorised travellers, Dr Swapnil Nila, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, said the railway officials and staff conducted intensive ticket checking in Suburban, Mail Express, Passenger services and Special trains across all divisions to curb ticketless and unauthorised travel to provide comfortable travel and better services to all bonafide rail users.
“Senior officers are closely monitoring the revenue loss due to ticketless travel and difficulties faced by the bonafide passengers during travel,” said the CPRO.
The Central Railway has registered revenue of Rs 63.62 crore from 9.04 lakh cases of unauthorised travellers from April to May this year. This is an increase of 14.67 per cent in revenue against the proportionate target of Rs 55.48 crore for the two months, officials said.