Central Railway collected fines amounting to Rs. 300 crore during the fiscal year 2023-24 from 46.26 lakh cases of ticketless or irregular travel and unbooked luggage, marking the highest revenue among all zones of the national transporter, revealed an official.
Surpassing this year’s revenue target of Rs. 265.97 crore by 12.80 percent and the target number of cases of 42.63 lakh by 8.38 percent, Central Railway emerged as the top performer.
“Central Railway has claimed number one place among all zones in terms of cases and revenue. CR’s Mumbai division earned the highest Rs.115.29 crore from 20.56 lakh cases of of ticketless or irregular travel and unbooked luggage, followed by Bhusaval division with Rs.66.33 crore from 8.34 lakh cases,” the release said.
“Nagpur division earned Rs.34.52 crore revenue from 5.70 lakh cases, Solapur division Rs.34.74 crore from 5.44 lakh cases, Pune division Rs.28.15 crore from 3.74 lakh cases and its headquarters earned Rs.20.96 crore from 2.47 lakh cases,” the release added.
Ticket checking staff of Central Railway shine
CR also boasted 22 ticket checking staff, including two women ticket examiners, each contributing more than Rs. 1 crore individually in ticket checking earnings. Leading the list was Travelling Ticket Inspector Sunil Nainani with Rs. 1.92 crore revenue from 20,117 cases, as stated by a spokesperson.
“Travelling Ticket Inspector Sunil Nainani topped the list with Rs.1.92 crore revenue from 20,117 cases, followed by Chief Ticket Inspector M M Shinde with Rs.1.59 crore from 18,223 cases and Travelling Ticket Inspector Dharmendra Kumar with Rs.1.52 crore from 17,641 cases,” he said.