The Mumbai division of the Western Railway on Monday said that it collected Rs 94.51 crore as fines during intensive ticket checking drives between April to October 2023.

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