Railways come heavily on ticketless travel

Mumbai, Nov 7: In its endeavour to provide better service to bonafide rail users and plug the revenue loss, Western Railway (WR) recovered over Rs 195 lakh from total 96,842 ticketless travellers on the trains in September.

The WR sources said the amount was recovered as a part of drive against the ticketless travel and unbooked luggage carried by commuters.

Similarly, the railways also detected 112 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets and an amount of Rs 90,933 was realised. About 137 checks were conducted against touts, 478 persons were apprehended and prosecuted under the Railway Act, in which Rs 42,880 was recovered from them.

UNI