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In response to an RTI query, it was also revealed that during April-December 2021, more than 1.78 crore passengers were detected travelling without ticket/with improper ticket and unbooked luggage. An amount of INR 1,017.48 crore was realised from them as fine. As for the 2019-2020 fiscal, which was not impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, 1.10 crore people were caught travelling ticketless and a total fine of INR 561.73 crore was recovered from them.

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Updated on: 21 November,2021 09:03 AM IST  |  Mumbai Nidhi Lodaya | [email protected]

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Mumbaikars, who are yet to be fully vaccinated, continue to travel ticketless in the local. They tell us why they’d rather pay a fine than take the road

Mumbai ticketless train travellers on why they would pay the fine than travel by road

Central Railway has caught 17.22 lakh ticketless travellers in the last seven months. Pic/Atul Kamble

In the first two weeks of October, Aashna Panchal, 17, dared to do something that she had never done: travel ticketless from Mulund to her college in Vidyavihar. “Taking a cab or a rickshaw to commute long distance is impractical and expensive. Train is the only feasible option,” says the KJ Somaiya College student, who hasn’t been vaccinated because she is under 18. Panchal considers herself lucky to have escaped the watchful eyes of a ticket checker. She says her parents suggested that if caught, she could tell the TC that she was called in to college for important work, hoping that they’d show leniency towards students, considering her college is only on specific days. “It’s not like I am going to college every day,” shrugs Panchal.

Lucky for Panchal, her delinquent days are over, thanks to a state order issued by Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte on October 15, which made students under the age of 18 eligible for a monthly season ticket.  They can now show their Aadhaar card and school ID for a ticket. Panchal says she is relieved to finally travel in a train without the stress of being caught. Travelling ticketless is also an offence under the Railways Act. As per railway rules, any person found travelling without a ticket will be charged a penalty of  Rs 250, plus the price of the ticket.

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Aashna Panchal, 17, travelled ticketless for two weeks in October until the state government made students under the age of 18 eligible for a monthly season ticket

In its official order issued last month, the state government said, “Being fully vaccinated would be the only mandatory condition for issuance of any kind of tickets for travel in the trains. It is emphasised that railways must ensure that only fully vaccinated persons are travelling in trains and this is irrespective of whether a traveller is engaged or not engaged in essential services.”

A ticket checker at Ghatkopar station, who requested anonymity, said that passengers often come up with a gamut of excuses on being caught. “They say that they needed to rush to the hospital because their friend or relative is sick. Some, however, are okay paying the minimum fine of  R250 without whining,” he said. The commuters say that bus services are limited and cannot accommodate everyone and that hiring a cab is not affordable. “I had to travel daily from Ghatkopar to Masjid Bunder for work, but I wasn’t fully vaccinated. Hence, my boss told me to travel ticketless and said that paying the fine of  R250 would be more economical than spending more than double on the taxi,” said an 18-year-old who works for a businessman.

According to data, the Central Railway has caught 17.22 lakh ticketless travellers in the last seven months and collected a fine of Rs 108.82 crore.  “More often than not, passengers from Virar, Badlapur, Kalyan are the ones who travel ticketless more because if caught, they can pay the fine and then travel all day, anywhere they want,” added the TC.

This writer, who stood alongside with the TC at Ghatkopar station, noticed that in a span of 20 minutes, everyone he stopped had a ticket or a pass. “Now, the incidence of ticketless travel has reduced because more TCs have been stationed and checks are carried out extensively.”

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Without ticket train ride on the rise: 9 months of 2021-22 see 1.78 crore in net

Between april and december 2021, more than 1.78 crore passengers were detected travelling without ticket/with improper ticket and unbooked luggage. an amount of rs 1,017.48 crore was realised from them as fine..

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The Railways caught more than 1.78 crore ticketless passengers, and those with unbooked luggage, in the first nine months of 2021-22, a jump of around 79 percent from the non-Covid-hit fiscal of 2019-2020, according to an RTI response.

During the coronavirus impacted fiscal of 2020-21, when severe restrictions on traffic movement were in place, the number of such passengers stood at 27 lakh. The data was made available by the Railway Board in response to the RTI query filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur.

The RTI response also revealed that during April-December 2021, more than 1.78 crore passengers were detected travelling without ticket/with improper ticket and unbooked luggage. An amount of Rs 1,017.48 crore was realised from them as fine, it said.

Sources indicated that one of the major reasons for such a surge in ticketless travel is the fact that even now, when most of the Covid restrictions have been lifted, many express and superfast trains have only online booking and limited services.

As for the 2019-2020 fiscal, which was not impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, 1.10 crore people were caught travelling ticketless and a total fine of Rs 561.73 crore was recovered from them.

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Between April 2020 and March 2021 i.e. 2020-21 fiscal, 27.57 lakh people were caught travelling ticketless and Rs 143.82 crore was levied as fine on them. Passengers have also complained that there was a demand-supply mismatch as far as train services are concerned.

In fact, according to data provided by the Railways, over 52 lakh people who were on the waitlist after finalisation of seat reservation charts could not travel by trains in the first six months of the current fiscal, indicating a need for more trains on busy routes.

Till September of the financial year 2021-2022, 32,50,039 PNRs (passenger name records), against which 52,96,741 passengers had bookings, were auto-cancelled as they were in the waitlist status after the preparation of the charts.

The problem is that after the severe restrictions on travel over the last two years, people are now travelling more and more. Some because of emergencies and many more for leisures. While the number of travellers has increased, the number of trains, their frequencies have remained the same.

We have introduced clone trains and things will get better, said an official. According to Railways data, there has been a significant increase in the number of passengers availing train services from 2019-2020 to 2021-22.

In October 2019, when regular train services were in operation, the number of passengers who travelled by trains was 4.40 crore. In September 2021, with an improvement in the COVID-19 situation, the number rose to almost seven crore. The RTI also said that during April 2021 to December 2021, the overall occupancy of reserved accommodation was 99.65 percent.

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The government is set to double the level of the “penalty fare” for ticketless travel from the present £20.

With fare evasion costing £240m per year according to Rail Delivery Group (RDG) estimates, the Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on increasing the penalty for passengers found to be travelling without a ticket .

The current penalty, introduced in 2005, is whichever the greater is of £20 or twice the full applicable single fare to the next station at which the train calls.

But the value of the basic £20 penalty has fallen to £14 in real terms over the past 16 years.

The new rules would mean the typical transgressor would pay a penalty of £40, though the “double the single fare” option is likely to remain.

Any changes will apply only to England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own arrangements.

“When set against the profound impact Covid-19 has had on passenger numbers and industry revenues, it’s never been more important to minimise the cost of fare evasion to the railways,” the DfT said.

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Before penalty fares were introduced, passengers found without a valid ticket were either asked simply to pay the appropriate fare or were subject to costly criminal procedures.

The concept of penalty fares, widely used in Continental Europe, is to to provide “clear and immediate financial consequences for those travelling without a valid ticket”.

Penalty fares are intended to apply only if the passenger has had the opportunity to buy a ticket – at an open ticket office or a working self-service ticket machine – and have passed signs stating the consequences of not having a valid ticket.

They also apply if a passenger travels in first class with a standard ticket.

The DfT “believes that penalty fares are no longer fulfilling their deterrent function”.

It says: “We want to update the value of the penalty fare to ensure the system remains an effective deterrent.

“By acting as an effective deterrent, more revenue will be generated by the railway, which can be re-invested to improve the quality of passenger services.”

Transport for London (TfL) currently has a penalty fare of £80, though this is halved if paid within 21 days.

“The department’s preference is for the National Rail penalty fare to be brought more closely into line with TfL’s penalty fare, given the proportion of journeys that take place to, from and within London and the South East,” the DfT says.

Phil Rose, a former railway manager, tweeted : “Whilst we all want everyone who travels to pay their due, the myriad of restrictions on ticket use and times of travel between different operators makes mistakes easy to make.

“The perceived threat of fining you a large amount for making one will do more to discourage rail use.”

The DfT says the corresponding penalty in Germany is €60 (£52), while in the Netherlands a €45 (£39) surcharge is added to the price of the journey.

In France, ticketless passengers travelling under 150km are liable to pay a €50 (£43) penalty, with increased sanctions if the fine is not paid on the spot and for longer journeys.

The DfT announcement comes at a time when many railcard holders are angry that they have not been able to use their discount cards for half of the past year due to lockdown rules.

Rail fares increased at the start of March by an above-inflation 2.6 per cent.

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We work round the clock to check tickets on stations and trains and have already reduced the amount of ticketless travel by over 40% since we took over the franchise in August 2017. This work includes:

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Most of the time, staff will be in a recognisable uniform, but we also deploy staff in plain clothes to tackle fraudulent travel – all staff carry a South Western Railway ID, so you can be assured they are genuine.

Our first-line teams are also supported by a back-office team and part of their role is data analysis, which is increasingly helping us to better identify areas of concern and target resources accordingly.

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  • What happens when you are asked to show a ticket and don’t have one, or don’t have the correct supporting information (e.g. photocard or railcard);
  • That we may prosecute serious or persistent offenders.

The purpose of our Revenue Protection Policy is to try to ensure that everyone pays the correct fare for their journey, and ensure that those who intentionally avoid, or attempt to avoid, their fare is dealt with appropriately. It is important to us to protect our fare paying customers.

It follows the National Rail Conditions of Travel when it comes to tickets and other guidelines for revenue protection. There’s information about what to expect from us, your responsibilities when you travel and what could happen if you don’t travel with a valid ticket. We have specially trained staff whose role is to reduce ticketless travel as well as investigating matters of fare evasion.

It is a legal requirement to buy a ticket before you board the train, if facilities are available to do so.

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If you travel without a valid ticket

We have staff specially trained to deal with fare evasion and revenue protection, who can report customers to our Prosecutions department, if you are unable to show a valid ticket when asked. What happens next will depend on which member of staff asks to see your ticket.

If you’re stopped by a member of the Revenue Protection Team, they may:

  • Sell you a ticket (usually a full price Anytime ticket for your journey (with no discount))
  • Give you an Unpaid Fare Notice (UFN) or a Penalty Fare Notice (PFN)
  • Report you to our prosecutions department by way of MG11 – which could mean you have to go to court.

We take fare evasion seriously and when fare evasion occurs, we do prosecute.

If you’re stopped by a Guard whilst on our trains, they may

  • Excess your fare (this would normally be the difference between the fare you have paid and the new correct ticket price. However, an advance ticket cannot be excessed, and a new ticket will have to be purchased.)
  • give you an Unpaid Fare Notice (UFN)
  • Report you to our prosecutions department – which could mean you have to go to court

It is your responsibility to buy and collect tickets prior to travelling and you may find that discounts are not available when you try to buy your ticket on the train. Tickets need to be valid for the date and time of your journey and you are required to keep hold of them until you exit the station, so they can be inspected by Guards, Revenue Protection Staff or used in automatic ticket barriers.

If you have bought a ticket that has restrictions, and/or a Railcard discount, make sure that you stick to these restrictions and have your Railcard with you.

We also carry out unannounced ticket and barrier checks at stations on our routes to make sure no one is getting a free ride.

Lost and forgotten tickets

If you do get on a train without a ticket, then you may be liable to pay a penalty fare notice or reported for prosecution. If staff do choose to sell a ticket, then no discounts will apply when you purchase your ticket from the Guard or Revenue Protection staff except in the circumstances below.

However, you can buy the ticket you wanted using any Railcard discounts that apply if there is no way of buying the ticket you want at the station where you start your journey; if

  • the station has no ticket office or TVM;
  • the ticket office is closed;
  • the TVM isn’t working or can’t issue the ticket you want;
  • you cannot use both the ticket office or ticket machine as a result of a disability; or
  • you’re entitled to concessionary fares without a Railcard, for example, if you are a permanent wheelchair user.
  • In certain circumstances a member of staff may give you permission to travel without having purchased a ticket. (In these situations where a person appears to be acting for or on behalf of a train Operator, it is advisable for a customer to make a note of the person who has indicated travel is allowed, such as name, physical description and where on the station they are located (outside ticket office, at the gates etc.) This can assist with later verification or appeal.) This may include if you had to queue a long time for a ticket, if there are problems with a ticket machine, if there is disruption to the service.

If you get on our trains with a ticket that should be accompanied by a discount card (for example, a Senior Railcard) and you are unable to present the discount card, you will be charged the full fare or issued an Unpaid Fare Notice or Penalty Fare, if you do not have the means to pay at the time.

However, if this is the first time you have forgotten your railcard, we will refund the excess amount or void the Unpaid Fare Notice. You can apply for a refund or to void an Unpaid Fare Notice through the form on our train tickets refund page .

If you have forgotten your season ticket or photocard, you must buy a ticket to cover your journey before getting on your train. If you get on the train and realise that you haven’t got your season ticket or photocard, you need to speak to a member of staff as soon as possible. You may be sold a ticket for your journey.

You may claim a refund of the additional tickets purchased from the retailer you purchased your season ticket from. If this was at a South Western Railway station or our website you can request a refund from one of our ticket offices. There are some restrictions on when refunds may be given, which can be found on our train ticket refunds page .

It is the ticket, and no other documentation (for example a receipt), which gives you the right to travel. You will have to buy a new one or we will give you an Unpaid Fare Notice or Penalty Fare.

You then have 21 days to find your lost ticket and show it to us and apply for a refund or appeal the Unpaid Fare Notice or Penalty Fare Notice. The appeal process for this is clearly written on both the Unpaid Fare Notice or Penalty Fare Notice issued.

Unpaid Fare Notices

This is a travel document showing details of the journey and the fare which should have been paid.

This gives you permission to travel and pay the fare within 21 days. You will be given a copy of this and it summarises all the relevant information. The member of staff who issues this will also explain this in more detail, including your right to appeal, and answer any questions you may have.

You have 21 days from the date of issue to pay an Unpaid Fare Notice. if you don’t pay in 21 days, we’ll add an admin charge to the amount you need to pay – unless you’ve submitted an appeal. We will send you a reminder after 21 days and give you another 14 days to pay. If you don’t pay this Unpaid Fare Notice and admin charges after the extra 14 days, you can expect to get a summons to go to court.

Details of the appeals bodies for Unpaid Fares Notices can be found on the notice you were issued.

Penalty Fare Notices

We operate a Penalty Fare scheme across our network, which is compliant with The Railways (Penalty Fare) Regulations 2018 (amended 2022). Which means that if either an open ticket office or ticket vending machine (TVM) are provided at the station that you start your journey, you need to ensure you purchase your ticket prior to boarding the train. It is your responsibility to arrive at the station with enough time to purchase your ticket.

If you travel in a Penalty Fare area from a penalty fare designated station and cannot show a valid ticket, we may issue you a Penalty Fare Notice. A Penalty Fare is £100 plus the price of the full single fare applicable for your intended journey. However, if it is paid within 21 days, the Penalty Fare is reduced to £50 plus the price of the single fare applicable.

You have 21 days beginning with the day following the date of issue to pay a Penalty Fare Notice. We will send you a reminder after 21 days after the day of issue and give you another 14 days to pay. If your Penalty Fare remains unpaid you can expect to get a court summons.

Although we issue and manage Penalty Fare Notices, the appeals service is external and independent from South Western Railways and managed by Penalty Services Limited (PSL). This ensures that all appeals are dealt with by an independent third party. This means that appeals are dealt with impartially and fairly.

If you want to appeal against the Penalty Fare Notice, you need to send a written appeal to PSL within 21 days from the day after you were issued the notice. It should include details of:

  • why you couldn’t show a valid ticket or authority to travel when we asked you
  • the station you started your journey
  • the time and date of your trip
  • any other information relevant to your appeal

This will “stop the clock” on this matter until the appeal outcome has been decided. If an appeal is not upheld, you will have 14 days to re-appeal or pay after an appeal has been concluded. It must be noted however, if a PFN is issued and appealed and the appeal concluded within the first week after it was issued, you will have until the end of the 21 days to pay which may be more than 14 days. If you fail to pay, you may also have to pay administration fees.

PSL manage the 3 stages of the appeal process, however if the appeal progresses to a third stage, this is heard by an independent appeals panel, and their details will be given to you at that time.

MG11s and prosecution

If you do not have a valid ticket for the journey, you are making or have made, and we have good reason to suspect that you have committed an offence, we can question you to find out the facts of the matter. We may caution you, in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in some circumstances. This can be done by revenue protection staff – who will be clearly identified by their warrant badge with their name and identification number visible. An MG11 will then be submitted for consideration of prosecutors.

You will not be under arrest, and you are free to leave at any point, but if you fail to provide a valid name and address to an officer of the railway, it is a criminal offence.

The member of staff will make it clear who they are and how things will progress. Revenue protection staff will question you appropriately about the journey and may make notes on that interview on a Ticket Inspection and Prosecution System (TIPS) App.

They can withdraw your ticket or any other documents to support that ticket if we suspect it is not valid and will send these with our report on the incident.

After the interview the TIPS system will send the report on the incident to the Prosecutions Department, who will then correspond with you regarding the matter.

We realise that a prosecution can have a serious effect on your personal and professional life. We will still try to avoid taking you to court and we may send you an offer to settle out of court. This usually means asking you to settle with an amount that covers our costs and the fare you owe. We will give you 21 days to accept our offer with instructions on how to settle the matter out of court and pay the amount we have asked for.

If we decide to take this matter to court for criminal prosecution, this will be handled by our prosecutors.

You’ll get a court summons about two weeks before the date of your hearing in court.

This will include:

  • the details of the court hearing
  • a copy of the evidence we’ll rely on for the court hearing
  • forms you can send to the court to tell them how you plead to the charges if you can’t go, or don’t want to go, to the hearing.

If you’re found guilty of fare evasion in court, you’ll get a sentence from the magistrates. The sentence you get depends on the offence and your explanation of what happened, as well as the magistrates.

If you’re found guilty under the Railway Byelaws, you may have to pay a fine of up to £1,000. If you’re found guilty under the Regulation of Railways Act, you may have to pay a fine of up to £1,000 and/or go to jail for three months. Please remember, these are the maximum sentences you can get. You may also have to pay other charges if they apply to your offence - for example, a Victim Surcharge.

You may have to pay our costs. Whenever we go to court, we claim to recover our costs. We claim compensation for the unpaid rail fare wherever possible, as well as the cost of going to court. This is to make sure our fare-paying customers are not affected by the costs of tackling fare evasion. If our claim is successful, the court may ask you to pay our costs.

Questions about staff conduct

If, at any stage of any of the procedures outlined above, you are not satisfied with the behaviours of any member of railway staff, you should contact our Customer Service team .

Members of the Customer Service team can only deal with complaints about behaviour and cannot comment on the details of any case if we suspect you tried to avoid paying your train fare.

If you are unhappy with the response, you may want to refer your case in writing to the Rail Ombudsman. They are an independent government organisation set up by Parliament to consider unresolved complaints between customers and rail operators and which may be able to take the matter up. Their contact details are:

Telephone : 0330 094 0362 Online : railombudsman.org Post : Rail Ombudsman 1st Floor, Premier House Argyle Way Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2AD

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Indian Railways New Rules: Now travel in train without ticket, even TTE will not stop! know latest rule of railways

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Indian Railways Travel Without Ticket: Many types of facilities are provided by the railways. If you also do not know about them, then know today because today we are going to tell you about such a special facility, in which you can board the train without a ticket-

Indian Railways Update: Many types of facilities are provided by the Railways. If you also do not know about them, then know today because today we are going to tell you about such a special facility, in which you can board the train without a ticket. will not be needed. Along with this, TTE will also not stop you from boarding the train.

Get tickets made by paying by card A new step has been taken by the Railways. In this step, you can pay the fare or fine in the train with the debit card. That is, now if you do not have a train ticket, then after boarding the train, you can also get it made by paying with the card.

Railways going hi-tech Many times a passenger is unable to get a confirmed ticket or if he does not get a ticket to his destination, then heavy penalty is imposed by the railways. Now you can pay this penalty also through card. Railways is connecting electronic devices with 4G to run them smoothly.

Railway Board gave information According to the Railway Board, the officers have 2G SIMs installed in the Point of Selling ie POS machines, due to which there is network problem in distant areas, but now you do not need to worry. The facility of 4G SIM is being started by the Railways for these machines, so you can easily make the payment.

How can I board the train without ticket? According to the railway rules, if you do not have a reservation and you have to go somewhere by train, then you can board the train only by taking platform ticket. You can get tickets made very easily by going to the ticket checker. This rule (Indian Railways Rules) has been made by the Railways itself. For this, you will have to contact TTE immediately by taking a platform ticket. Then TTE will create a ticket till your destination point.

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The Indian Railways have earned a whopping Rs 1,097 crore in penalties imposed on ticketless travellers, and more could be on its way during the remaining month in the current financial year. The Railways have also booked as many as 2,000 “touts” involved in the black marketing of tickets across India. The fines figure, a new high, is for the period April 2017 to February 2018, and Railway officials say March could yield another Rs 200 crore, adding up to what is in some ways a hefty bonus income.

The “flexi fares” that were introduced two years ago — essentially dynamic fare increases based on demand in premium trains — earned the Railways around Rs 600 crore extra per year. To earn something like Rs 200 crore for the Railways, a train like the Mumbai Rajdhani must run on full occupancy for all trips for an entire year — given the high operating costs, however, net earnings aren’t much; besides, the train is not always packed to capacity. Rs 1,000 crore is more or less the sum of the dividends its dozen-odd PSUs pay to the national transporter every year.

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Post the merger of the Railway Budget with the general Budget, this money now goes to the Finance Ministry. In terms of expenditure, Rs 1,000 crore is what the Railways spend to lay around 70 km of new lines, including the cost of the land.

The Railways’ total passenger business is worth Rs 46,280 crore, as per 2016-17 figures. They have set an ambitious target of breaching the Rs 50,000 crore mark by the end of this fiscal, and add more passengers in the coming financial year. “We are making it more and more difficult to travel ticketless,” Railway Board Member Traffic Mohammad Jamshed told The Sunday Express. “This is a huge amount of money realised from offenders caught through intense checking drives.”

Drives carried out by a large number of ticket-checking staff, supported by security forces, were backed by CCTV coverage at key stations. There were “ambush checks” and “fortress checks”, during which officials cordoned off areas of porous stations to block every possible exit. The general unreserved class in long-distance trains usually has a large number of offenders, officials said.

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Between April and February, 3 crore individuals were found travelling without a valid ticket, about a crore more than the number this time the previous financial year. Besides those travelling without tickets, there were those with tickets in others’ names, children without tickets, and adults travelling on half-tickets.

Trains and stations around Delhi had the highest number of ticketless travellers. Northern Railway collected some Rs 150 crore from these drives — around Rs 46 crore more than the same period the previous year. Mumbai’s Central Railway, with a predominant suburban rail system, came second in the list, earning Rs 143 crore, some Rs 25 crore more than the previous year.

Usually ticketess travellers are made to pay the original fare between the origin and destination of the train, along with a penalty of Rs 250. For premium trains, the penalty is double. Touts and unauthorised vendors are booked as per provision of Sections 143 and 144 of the Railways Act, 1989. Illegal users of online e-tickets are prosecuted under provision of Section 143 of Railways Act, 1989.

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In a viral video shared on social media, ticketless passengers can be seen assaulting a TTE. However, they ended up facing a formal complain for their action

Ticketless passengers were captured assaulting a TTE in train. However, they ended up repenting for their act

During festive seasons, Indian Railways trains are jam-packed with ticketless travellers, even in categories like third AC. While confronting such passengers, a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) was assaulted for performing his duty. In a video, being shared widely on the internet, a TTE can be seen pushed back by a passenger who was travelling without a ticket.

Also Read: Passengers travel in toilet of overcrowded Lucknow train, Indian Railways reacts to viral video | Watch

However, the second part of the video is a message for everyone who prefers to travel without a ticket, and above that assault TTE. After a few seconds, the TTE can be seen filing a formal complaint against the two. Later, the TTE also explained that he was talking to the passengers and asking them to comply with the norm, which the passengers reciprocated with violent action.

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The person recording the video can be seen reaching out to the ticketless passengers to talk to them about their inappropriate behaviour. The location and date of the incident are yet to be known. So far the video has received more than 1,97,000 views. The video was initially shared by a social media user named Arhant Shelby. The video has received a lot of positive response from netizens who applauded the instant retribution for passengers' misbehaviour with the TTE. Many people have been hailing the action by the TTE as ‘instant karma’.

Also Read: Ticketless passengers ‘hijack’ AC coaches of Howrah Train, railway responds | Watch

“Currently happening in many trains all over India, where people get into AC coaches without tickets or with general or sleeper class tickets," wrote a social media user. “TT hmesha galat nhi hote," commented one user on the post. "Is government me railways ki condition or worst kar di, General boggy kam karoge to log ko jana padega AC boggy me?" wrote another.

As the Holi festival is approaching, there are chances of a significant rise in similar incidents on trains. To manage the rising number of passengers during festival season, the North Division of the Indian Railways announced to run over 15 additional trains. The Central Railway also notified to operate 112 Holi special train services in March.

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Fines for fare dodging on trains to increase from £20 to £100

Passengers travelling on a train without a ticket will have to pay a £100 fine, up from £20, and rail firms say dodgers cost them £240m a year.

By Guy Birchall, news reporter

Thursday 27 October 2022 13:55, UK

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The penalty for fare dodging on trains is set to increase from £20 to £100 next year.

The five-fold increase is being introduced by the Department for Transport after concerns the current amount is not enough of a deterrent.

Passengers without a ticket will be issued with the fine on top of the price of a ticket for their journey. If they pay within 21 days, it will be reduced to £50.

The Department for Transport believes the harsher penalties will help reduce the cost to taxpayers who it says are "currently footing the bill for those passengers travelling without a ticket".

This is the first increase to penalties for fare dodging in 17 years after laws were voted through parliament on Wednesday.

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A spokesman for the Department for Transport said: "We need penalty fares to act as a proper deterrent, and we are putting in place a modern system that will help create a more sustainable railway."

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    According to data released by Central Railway last week, ₹ 155 crore was collected in fines from April to December 2019 under a special drive against ticketless travel. Four ticket checkers ...

  3. Railways fined 36 million ticketless passengers, earned Rs 2,200 crore

    Without ticket fine in train: According to media reports, earlier in 2019-2020, 11 million people were caught travelling either without a ticket or with a wrong ticket. In 2021-2022, the tally, however, jumped to 27 million ... Railways fined 36 million ticketless passengers, earned Rs 2,200 crore According to media reports, earlier in 2019 ...

  4. Railway Fine: Surge in ticketless travel in first 9 months of 2021-22

    Representative Image. The Railways caught more than 1.78 crore ticketless passengers, and those with unbooked luggage, in the first nine months of 2021-22, a jump of around 79 per cent from the non-Covid-hit fiscal of 2019-2020, according to an RTI response. During the coronavirus impacted fiscal of 2020-21, when severe restrictions on traffic movement were in place, the number of such ...

  5. Mumbai ticketless train travellers on why they would pay the fine than

    According to data, the Central Railway has caught 17.22 lakh ticketless travellers in the last seven months and collected a fine of Rs 108.82 crore. "More often than not, passengers from Virar ...

  6. CHAPTER IX TICKETLESS TRAVEL

    904. The organisation for combating ticketless travel will normally consist of—. (i) Stationary Ticket Collectors posted at stations for manning the gales for checking the tickets of passengers entraining and collecting those of passengers detraining at their stations. Checking of passengers in the trains will be done at 'Ticket checking ...

  7. Without ticket train ride on the rise: 9 months of 2021-22 see 1.78

    The Railways caught more than 1.78 crore ticketless passengers, and those with unbooked luggage, in the first nine months of 2021-22, a jump of around 79 percent from the non-Covid-hit fiscal of ...

  8. PDF Microsoft Word

    137. Fraudulently travelling or attempting to travel without proper pass or ticket.-. (1) If any person, with intent to defraud a railway administration,--. Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, such punishment shall not be less than a fine of five hundred rupees.

  9. Penalty fares for ticketless rail travellers set to soar

    The government is set to double the level of the "penalty fare" for ticketless travel from the present £20. With fare evasion costing £240m per year according to Rail Delivery Group (RDG ...

  10. Railways: 1.78 cr ticketless passengers in first 9 months of FY'22

    Between April 2020 and March 2021 i.e. 2020-21 fiscal, 27.57 lakh people were caught travelling ticketless and Rs 143.82 crore was levied as fine on them. Passengers have also complained that there was a demand-supply mismatch as far as train services are concerned.

  11. Having no ticket will soon mean a £100 fine

    02/11/2022 in Network. The penalty for travelling without a valid ticket is to rise five-fold from January, in a government move to reduce the current high level of fraud - reckoned to be around £240 million a year. The current surcharge of £20 is no longer considered a deterrent, so the new charge from the start of 2023 will be £100 ...

  12. Ticketless train travellers to face £100 penalty

    The penalty for dodging rail fares in England is set to rise from £20 to £100 in January, the government has said. The Department for Transport (DfT) said it is being hiked because of concerns ...

  13. Fine is fare and fare is fine

    The Western Railway and Central Railway are detecting on average daily 1,400 cases of ticketless travel in the suburban section. When told that travelling without a ticket is an offence, another ...

  14. Ticket Checks and Revenue Protection

    Group Travel train tickets ... From 23 January 2023 the Penalty Fare will be increasing. ... We work round the clock to check tickets on stations and trains and have already reduced the amount of ticketless travel by over 40% since we took over the franchise in August 2017. This work includes:

  15. Rs 2.56 crore fine collected from passengers sans train tickets

    Officials of the Ferozepur Division collected Rs 2.56 crore fine from ticketless passengers in the division spread across parts of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in February this year. Besides ...

  16. Indian Railways New Rules: Now travel in train without ticket, even TTE

    Along with this, TTE will also not stop you from boarding the train. Get tickets made by paying by card A new step has been taken by the Railways. In this step, you can pay the fare or fine in the train with the debit card. That is, now if you do not have a train ticket, then after boarding the train, you can also get it made by paying with the ...

  17. More than 40,000 fines handed to rail fare-dodgers

    More than 40,000 fines for ticketless travel were issued by two rail companies in 2023, with 8,760 resulting in prosecutions. ... Passengers advised new train timetables imminent. Published. 5 May ...

  18. Penalties for ticketless travel make Railways richer by Rs 1,000 crore

    The fines figure, a new high, is for the period April 2017 to February 2018, and Railway officials say March could yield another Rs 200 crore, adding up to what is in some ways a hefty bonus income. ... Penalties for ticketless travel make Railways richer by Rs 1,000 crore The fines figure, a new high, is for the period April 2017 to February ...

  19. Here's how you can travel in train without a ticket

    Travel on platform ticket. As per Zee News Hindi and ABP reports, if you do not have a train reservation and you want to travel, then you can also board the train by taking a platform ticket only. After this, you can go to the ticket checker (TC) and ask him to make a ticket. When a passenger owing to want of time is unable to purchase a ticket, Guard's Certificates will be issued in such ...

  20. railways news: Surge in ticketless travel in first 9 months of 2021-22

    The Railways caught more than 1.78 crore ticketless passengers, and those with unbooked luggage, in the first nine months of 2021-22, a jump of around 79 per cent from the non-Covid-hit fiscal of 2019-2020, according to an RTI response. During the coronavirus impacted fiscal of 2020-21, when severe restrictions on traffic movement were in place, the number of such passengers stood at 27 lakh.

  21. Penalty Fares

    The penalty is £100 plus the price of the full single fare applicable for your intended journey. However, if it is paid within 21 days, the Penalty Fare is reduced to £50 plus the price of the single fare applicable. The station where you leave the train will not necessarily be the end of your journey, as you may be asked to leave the train ...

  22. Ticketless passengers assault TTE on train, netizens cheer after ...

    During festive seasons, Indian Railways trains are jam-packed with ticketless travellers, even in categories like third AC. While confronting such passengers, a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE ...

  23. Fines for fare dodging on trains to increase from £20 to £100

    Fines for fare dodging on trains to increase from £20 to £100. Passengers travelling on a train without a ticket will have to pay a £100 fine, up from £20, and rail firms say dodgers cost them ...

  24. Railways Earned ₹88 Lakh in Fines for Ticketless Travel in Ludhiana

    Railways collected ₹88.66 lakh in fines in February for ticketless travel in Ludhiana, falling slightly short of the previous month's collection. Read more about the revenue collection and ...