The Western Railway on Thursday said that it has collected over Rs 121 crore in fines through intensive ticket-checking drives conducted between April and October 2025.
An official statement said that the checks were carried out across Mumbai local trains, as well as Mail, Express, passenger and special trains, to curb ticketless and irregular travel.
According to the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Western Railway, Vineet Abhishek, “In October along, an amount of Rs 24.20 crore was recovered through detection of 3.39 lakh ticketless/irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases registering an increase of 100 per cent over the previous year’s October figure. To prevent unauthorised entry in AC local trains, frequent surprise ticket checking drives are also being carried out. As a result of focused drives in AC locals, almost 62 thousand unauthorised passengers were penalised during April to October 2025 and Rs 2.02 crore were collected as fine, which is almost 76 per cent higher than the corresponding period last year.”
In October alone, Western Railway recovered Rs 24.20 crore by detecting around 3.39 lakh ticketless or irregular passengers, including cases of unbooked luggage — a 100 per cent rise over last October, it said.
Western Railway said these efforts reflect its commitment to ensuring fair travel, passenger comfort, and protection of public revenue. It also appealed to passengers to always travel with valid tickets, it further said.
Meanwhile, last month, the Western Railway had said that it achieved a new milestone by recording its highest-ever single-day earnings from ticket checking, collecting Rs 1.39 crore on October 18. A total of 17,383 cases of ticketless travel was reported by the Western Railway on the day.
According to a statement issued by Western Railway in October, the performance surpasses the previous best of Rs 1.28 crore recorded on November 10, 2023.
The feat marks a significant improvement in revenue collection and reflects the intensified efforts of the railway`s ticket-checking teams.
Despite a large number of ticket checking staff being deployed for crowd management duties, especially in view of the Diwali festive season, Western Railway had managed to achieve this record-breaking revenue.
