The Western Railway on Tuesday said that it collected Rs 93.47 crore as fines during ticket checking drives.

In an official statement, the Western Railway said, in order to ensure hassle-free, comfortable travel and better services to all bonafide passengers over, intensive ticket checking drives are being carried out continuously over  Mumbai suburban local services, Mail/Express as well as passenger trains and holiday special trains so as to curb the menace of ticketless/irregular passengers.