Between April and July 2025, Central Railway ticket checking teams have apprehended 14.43 lakh passengers travelling without valid ticket and a sum of Rs.86.73 crores have been collected from the offenders as penalty. This is an increase of 6.44 % in ticket checking earnings surpassing the target of Rs.81.48 crores set by Railway Board for the above period.
During the month of July 2025, Central Railway ticket checking teams have apprehended 3.08 lakh passengers travelling without ticket / valid ticket as against 1.91 lakh passengers in July 2024 indicating an increase of 62%.
A sum of Rs.16.00 crores have been realised as penalty from the offenders in the month of July 2025 as against Rs.7.97 crores in July 2024, indicating an increase of more than 100%.
Central Railway regularly conducts intensive ticket checking drives in Mail Express trains, Passenger trains and Special trains across all divisions and in Suburban trains in Mumbai & Pune division to curb ticketless travelling.
In order to keep a check on unauthorized travelling, different types of checks are regularly conducted at Headquarters and all Divisions, which includes Station checks, Ambush checks, Fortress checks, Intensive checks, and Mega ticket checking drives etc.
Division wise details of without ticket travel
Division wise details for the FY-2025-26( April to July-2025) of passengers caught travelling without ticket / valid ticket and penalty amount realised from them are as follows:
• Bhusaval division Rs.33.49 crores from 3.85 lakh cases,
• Mumbai division Rs.24.29 crores from 5.73 lakh cases
• Nagpur division Rs.9.76 crores from 1.56 lakh cases
• Pune division Rs.8.42 crores from 1.52 lakh cases
• Solapur division Rs.4.18 crores from 85,000 cases and
• Headquarters Rs.6.58 crores from 91,000 cases
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