Vijayawada Division’s ticket-checking earnings touch new high
The Hindu
SCR's Vijayawada Div. clocked ₹6.417 cr in ticket-checking earnings in June 2023, highest in its history. 35,880 cases of ticketless travel, 47,778 cases of irregular travel & 521 passengers with unbooked luggage were fined. Passengers urged to carry original counter ticket to avoid irregular travel.
The Vijayawada Division of the South Central Railway (SCR) has clocked ₹6.417 crore in ticket-checking earnings during the month of June 2023, the highest earnings recorded in a month in the history of the Division, as per an official release on Wednesday.
The previous record stood at ₹5.67 crore, registered in January 2023.
The release added that as many as 35,880 cases of ticketless travel were registered in June and a penalty of ₹3.25 crore was realised by the ticket checking staff during drives and surprise checks.
As many as 47,778 cases of irregular travel were recorded and ₹2.5 crore fine was collected from passengers in the division and 521 passengers travelling with unbooked luggage were fined.
Congratulating the staff on their performance, Vavilapalli Rambabu, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Indian Railway Traffic Service, Vijayawada Division, appealed to passengers purchasing the reserved tatkal/normal journey tickets from counters to compulsorily carry original counter ticket, as it would be otherwise treated as irregular travel and full fare shall be realised from them.
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