Western Railway achieves best-ever ticket checking performance
Western Railway has achieved its best ever ticket checking performance during the period from April to October 2025, generating Rs 121.67 crore through the detection of about 19 lakh ticketless and irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases. This is an increase of 51% over last year, which was Rs 80.56 crore and a 14% rise over the Railway Board’s target.
New Delhi: Western Railway has achieved its best ever ticket checking performance during the period from April to October 2025, generating Rs 121.67 crore through the detection of about 19 lakh ticketless and irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases. This is an increase of 51% over last year, which was Rs 80.56 crore and a 14% rise over the Railway Board’s target.
According to a press release issued by Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, Shri Vineet Abhishek, the WR zone has recorded its second best ever monthly performance in October 2025 with earnings of more than Rs 24 crore, their previous best record was of about Rs 26 crore in May 2022.
It is noteworthy that Ahmedabad Division registered its best ever ticket checking, with recovery of more than Rs 4 crore with 50 thousand cases in October 2025. The Headquarter's Flying Squad also achieved its best ever monthly performance of Rs 2.20 crore in October 2025, surpassing the previous best of Rs 2 crore in May 2022.
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Western Railway also recorded multiple record breaking daily earnings during the month of October 2025. WR has achieved almost Rs 1.40 crore on 17th October 2025, while Ahmedabad Division achieved more than Rs 38 lakh on 18th October 2025, with Ratlam Division achieving almost Rs 16 lakh on the same day. The Headquarter's Flying Squad, achieved about Rs 16.30 lakh on 19th October 2025.
These achievements came from consistent efforts to curb ticketless travel and promote passenger discipline through intensive ticket checking drives across Western Railway.