Mumbai: Ticket checking drives on local trains led to the recovery of over Rs 121 crore in penalties from fare evaders in 11 months. On Central Railway’s (CR) Mumbai division, 16.2 lakh ticketless passengers were caught in 2025-26, leading to recovery of Rs 71.3 crore, up 4% from last year. In AC locals, CR detected 1.1 lakh cases and collected Rs 3.5 crore, a 23% rise in detections. Western Railway (WR) detected over 10 lakh cases between April 2025 and Feb 2026, recovering nearly Rs 50 crore. WR also booked 1.16 lakh AC local cases, collecting Rs 3.8 crore, almost double that of last year. TNN
