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KOLKATA, 21 MAY 2024:
Fare of UTS tickets for journey in MEMU, EMU trains is very less and affordable. Eastern Railway insists all passengers to purchase proper ticket and be a bonafide passenger.
Eastern Railway, which is popularly known as passenger carrying Railway, instead of very low value of Railway journey tickets compared to other modes of transport has succeeded in generating a passenger revenue of ₹300.35 crore in the April 2024 compared to ₹268.46 crore earned during the same period of the previous year i.e. April 2023, thus registering an increase of 11.88%. This is due to ever increasing popularity of Eastern Railway trains running in various directions including summer special trains as well as increase in popularity of EMU locals as a mode of suburban transport substituting the road transport.
Eastern Railway has made a very passenger friendly provision for purchasing UTS tickets & the short journey tickets for travelling in local trains. ATVMs & UTS on Mobile App facilitated the intended passengers to purchase their journey tickets without standing in long queues at the ticket counters.
However, instead of such extended facilities of purchasing journey tickets, a group of people are still continuing the practice of free tripping. In the month of April 2024, Eastern Railway has detected 1.863 lakh cases of ticketless travellers or travelling with unbooked luggage, compared to 1.721 lakh cases apprehended in April 2023. But this tendency among a group ultimately reduces collective welfare of the passengers.
The main moto of conducting such ticket checking drives is not to generate revenue for Railways by imposing fine but to create awareness among the people about the perils of ticketless travelling. Eastern Railway requests everybody to purchase a ticket which is very very cheap and affordable to them compared to any other mode of transport. Purchasing a ticket will help Railways to provide even better amenities for the passengers.
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