-This is the highest revenue in ticket checking in any financial year.
South Central Railway has been performing extremely well in both passenger and freight business in this financial year. In this direction, SCR has achieved one more milestone in the Ticket Checking area by registering highest ever revenue of Rs 200.17 Crores. This revenue has been earned from 28.27 lakh cases booked against irregular travel and unbooked luggage etc. The previous best revenue earned in ticket checking area is Rs 154.29 crores in 2019-20.
Ticket checking in Railways plays an important role in arresting ticketless travel and irregular travel and acts as a deterrent effect on regular defaulters, thus paving the way for increasing the booking window sales of Railways. Ticket checking is important for creating awareness among the general public about the need for having valid travel authority. It also helps in guiding and educating the public about the ease and comfort of travelling with genuine tickets. The various measures have been taken in the recent times to improve passenger traffic by proliferating convenient ways of purchasing tickets through UTS mobile App, ATVM Machines near Booking counters, Displaying QR codes near the counters etc. All these measures along with relentless efforts of ticket checking staff has helped in improving the ticket sales thereby leading to increase in passenger Revenue. So far in this financial year, SCR has earned the highest ever passenger revenue of Rs 4825.72 crores besides highest revenue in ticket checking.
Shri Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager, SCR has congratulated the entire commercial Wing along with officers and staff for crossing Rs 200 Crore revenue in ticket checking for the first time in any financial year. Speaking on the occasion, he stated that Ticket checking is a solid mechanism which helps in curtailing the irregular travel and also helps in building confidence among the genuine rail passengers besides improving positive image of Railways.
