
Central Railways makes record earnings from ticketless and irregular travellers.
Highlights
- Railways earned Rs 42.15 crores from ticketless travellers from April-May
- A total of 7.59 lakh cases of ticketless were detected during this period
- 1,517 cases of transfer of reserved journey tickets were also found
During this period, a total of 7.59 lakh cases of ticketless or irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected as against 7.25 lakh cases in the corresponding period last year showing an increase of 4.70 per cent, the Central Railway said in a statement.
Apart from this, around 1,517 cases of transfer of reserved journey tickets were found and Rs. 12.77 lakh was recovered as penalty.