Massive ticket checking drives are being conducted by East Coast Railway on regular basis to dissuade passengers from travelling without ticket.
One hundred twenty-one passengers were detected without tickets or with improper tickets and fined with `39,000 in Bhubaneswar station. Similarly, the passengers were counselled to buy bonafide tickets from the ticket counters to make their journey hassle-free. Daily commuters were advised to buy Monthly Season Tickets (MST) to avoid standing in the queue at booking counters. The MST is also much cheaper (about one third) than the regular journey fare of a month.
Passengers were also encouraged to buy ATVM (Automatic Ticket Vending Machine) Smart Card which is one of the most convenient ways to buy tickets nowadays. They were advised to carry minimum luggage during their train journey, so that, their journey will be more comfortable. The passengers were convinced that their cooperation was essential in these areas.
Ticket checking staff, including commercial supervisors, Chief Ticket Inspectors (CTI), Train Ticket Examiners (TTE) form Khurda Road Division with the help of Railway Protection Force (RPF) were involved in the drive and awareness programme headed by Assistant Commercial Manager HK Tripathy.