Indian Railways has urged all zonal railways to undertake various initiatives to increase their Non-Fare Revenue. This would help the national transporter to generate its earnings apart from the traditional source of income. It also advised the zonal railways to promote new ideas and concepts for enhancement of its non-fare revenue.

Central Railway Non-Fare Revenue

In this context, the Central Railway (CR) zone has made a significant achievement in generating non-fare revenue through advertisements across its five divisions – Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune Division. The Central Railway zone has created lucrative opportunities for business through vinyl wrapping on train coaches, hoarding advertisements at stations, and the advertisements on TV screens. 

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Between April and October 2023, the zonal railway has generated revenue of Rs 54.51 crore from various advertising avenues. Of these, it collected Rs 8.19 crore from Vinyl wrapping on train coaches, Rs 28.61 crore from hoarding advertisements at stations, and Rs 17.72 crore from TV Screen advertisements at railway stations.

This has showcased the robust potential for non-fare revenue sources and underlines its commitment to explore new innovative advertising strategies to further augment non-fare revenues.

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Central Railway Commercial earnings

In the current FY 2023-24 from April-October 2023, the Central Railway has generated a revenue of Rs 4129.30 crore from 90.76 crore passengers. Of these, it earned Rs 525.34 crore from suburban unreserved ticketing, Rs 700.31 from Non-Suburban unreserved ticketing, Rs 1225.65 from UTS and Rs 2903.96 crore from the Passenger Reservation System. 

In the month of October, it earned Rs 78.13 crore from suburban ticket selling, Rs 115.49 crore from Non-Suburban ticketing and Rs 193.62 crore from UTS. In the same period, the zonal railway earned Rs 436.18 crore from the Passenger Reservation System. The zonal railway has appealed to the passengers to travel with proper and valid railway tickets in order to avoid inconvenience and travel with dignity.