Mumbai local train: The Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) in Mumbai have cracked down on ticketless passengers, collecting a massive fine of ₹262 crore in a year. Of this, ₹7 crore was collected from ticketless passengers on AC local trains, with CR’s share being ₹3.51 crore and WR’s ₹3.76 crore.
CR’s Chief Spokesperson, Dr Swapnil Neela, stated that in the financial year 2025-26, Mumbai division teams detected 16.16 lakh cases of irregular travel on suburban, mail, and express trains, including AC local trains, and collected fines totalling ₹71.31 crore.
This represents a 2% increase in cases and a 4% increase in the amount collected compared to last year. In February alone, 1.65 lakh cases of irregular travel were detected, and fines totalling ₹8.58 crore were collected.
According to Western Railway Chief Spokesperson Vineet Abhishek, from April 2025 to February 2026, 3 million ticketless/irregular passengers (including those without booked luggage) were detected. These actions resulted in fines of over ₹191 crore.
Nearly 300,000 cases were detected in February.
This figure represents a significant 42% increase compared to the previous year. Nearly 300,000 cases were detected in February, and approximately ₹18.5 crore was recovered, an increase of over 10% from the previous year.
Crores in fines were also collected on AC trains.
Central Railway also generated revenue from various sources during the period April 2025 to February 2026, including ₹3.51 crore from AC local trains for 1.1 lakh cases; ₹4.66 crore from first-class trains for 1.46 lakh cases; and ₹58.6 crore from second-class trains for 11.68 lakh cases.
Furthermore, a penalty of ₹2.98 crore has been collected from 50,809 cases of fare difference in mail and express trains and ₹1.56 crore from 1.4 lakh cases of unbooked luggage.
