Central Railway collects over ₹26 crore from Mumbai passengers travelling without ticket in October

According to the release, the senior officers are also closely keeping an eye to monitor the revenue loss due to ticketless travelling and other such irregularities.

“In October month- 4.16 lakh ticketless passengers were caught. 26.69 crores penalty imposed. Passengers are requested to travel with valid tickets & travel with dignity. Download "UTS MOBILE APP" on your mobile for an unreserved ticket. Avoid standing in the ticket line and save time,” Central Railway tweeted on Monday.

According to the press release, during the current financial year (FY 2023-24) for the April-October 2023 period, a total of 27.32 cases of irregular or ticketless travel and unbooked luggage were reported and the total penalty imposed amounted to ₹176.17 crore.

Earlier, in October, the Central Railway auctioned different types of scrap, including overaged locos, diesel surplus locos, un-operational rail lines and overaged or accidental coaches to generate revenue. The Central Railway generated ₹223. 85 crore revenue from scrap sales, as of October 31.

This was done as a part of its ‘Zero Scrap’ mission, which aims to ensure that every division, workshop, and shed is entirely free from scrap materials within a given period of time.