<p align="justify" class="title">Central Railway has registered a record "ticket checking earnings" -- the fine recovered for ticket-less or irregular travel -- of Rs 121.09 crore from April to December 2017.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The earnings realised during the period from April to December 2017 from ticket-less/irregular travel was Rs 121.09 crore against Rs 100.53 crore during the corresponding period of last year (2016), showing an increase of 20.46 per cent," it said in a release here.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This was the highest amount recovered during this period so far, it added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">In December 2017 alone, 2.06 lakh cases of ticket-less or irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected, against 1.81 lakh cases in December 2016, it said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The fine recovered from such errant travellers was Rs 8.76 crore in December 2017, 21.73 per cent more than the amount recovered in December 2016, the release said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">In all, 24.41 lakh cases of ticket-less/irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected during April 2017 to December 2017, against 20.69 lakh cases during the corresponding period in 2016.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Also, in December 2017, 439 cases of transfer of reserved journey tickets (which is not permissible) were detected and Rs 3.56 lakh were recovered as penalty.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We always try to ensure that ticket-less travelling is curbed and this campaign is part of our efforts. We have also provided new avenues to book or get tickets including mobile phones and ticket-vending machines," said chief commercial manager of Central Railway, Shailendra Kumar. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Central Railway has registered a record "ticket checking earnings" -- the fine recovered for ticket-less or irregular travel -- of Rs 121.09 crore from April to December 2017.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The earnings realised during the period from April to December 2017 from ticket-less/irregular travel was Rs 121.09 crore against Rs 100.53 crore during the corresponding period of last year (2016), showing an increase of 20.46 per cent," it said in a release here.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This was the highest amount recovered during this period so far, it added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">In December 2017 alone, 2.06 lakh cases of ticket-less or irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected, against 1.81 lakh cases in December 2016, it said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The fine recovered from such errant travellers was Rs 8.76 crore in December 2017, 21.73 per cent more than the amount recovered in December 2016, the release said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">In all, 24.41 lakh cases of ticket-less/irregular travel and unbooked luggage were detected during April 2017 to December 2017, against 20.69 lakh cases during the corresponding period in 2016.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Also, in December 2017, 439 cases of transfer of reserved journey tickets (which is not permissible) were detected and Rs 3.56 lakh were recovered as penalty.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We always try to ensure that ticket-less travelling is curbed and this campaign is part of our efforts. We have also provided new avenues to book or get tickets including mobile phones and ticket-vending machines," said chief commercial manager of Central Railway, Shailendra Kumar. </p>