Zeroing on ticketless travellers during the current peak rush period, Northern Railway Vigilance conducted a ‘Special Intensive Ticket Checking Drive’ for 24 hours recently with emphasis on ticketless travellers in unmanned coaches.
The six vigilance teams assisted by RPF personnel successfully apprehended ticketless travelers at 35 stations and in 87 trains and a total of `17,22,020 was registered as fare and penalty from the offenders. A total of 95 ticket checking staff were involved in this comprehensive drive.Northern Railway reiterates its appeal to passengers to travel on valid journey tickets along with original IDs as ticketless travel and travel without proper identity proof are punishable offences under various sections of the Indian Railways Act.