A head ticket checker (TC) with the Central Railway (CR) set a new record for the CR suburban network recently, catching 202 passengers without valid tickets or with irregular ones in a single day. She collected Rs 55,210 in fines, surpassing a colleague’s previous record of 150 cases set just days earlier.

The TC’s day began at 6.48 am from Kharghar and continued till 3.30 pm. If time is to be taken into account, a violator is caught almost every 2.5 minutes. However, apart from individuals, she also caught groups of between two and seven ticketless passengers.