Thane railway station: Central Railway collects more than Rs 8.6 lakh in fines from ticketless travellers in a day
At Thane railway station in Maharashtra, in a single day, the Central Railway collected more than Rs 8.6 lakh in fines from ticketless and unauthorised travellers, an official said on Tuesday.
On Monday, at Thane railway station, a team of 120 ticket-checking staff of the Mumbai division of Central Railway, three senior officials and 30 Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel carried out rigorous ticket checking, informed the Central Railway in a press release.
At least 3,092 cases of ticketless or unauthorised travel were detected. In a single day, more than Rs 8.6 lakh were collected in fines, it stated.
