Archive · 20 May 2025
Sonepur Division Collects Over Rs 32 Lakh in Ticketless Travel Penalties
Imagine if people were riding the train without paying for tickets.
The Sonepur railway division decided to check and make sure everyone had a valid ticket.
On Monday, they found almost 5,000 people who didn't have tickets!
They collected over 32 lakh rupees in fines from these passengers.
This was part of a bigger plan called 'Operation Black Box' to stop the railway from losing money.
The railway is also making more money from ticket sales because of these checks, with over 6 crore rupees earned this year.
Each ticket checker is collecting around 7,470 rupees in fines daily.
The railway wants everyone to pay for their travel to keep things fair.
Sonepur division collected over Rs 32 lakh in penalties from 4,817 passengers on Monday.
The operation, named 'Operation Black Box', was an intensive ticket-checking drive.
This was the second-highest amount collected in a single day in the division's history.
Over 1 lakh passengers without tickets have been apprehended in the current fiscal year.
Ticket-checking drives have increased ticket sales, yielding over Rs 6 crore in revenue this fiscal year.
- Who
- Sonepur division of East Central Railway, ticket-checking staff, and 4,817 passengers.
- What
- Collection of over Rs 32 lakh in penalties from passengers travelling without tickets.
- When
- Monday (during 'Operation Black Box')
- Where
- Sonepur division of East Central Railway
- Why
- To curb revenue loss and encourage lawful travel.
- Penalty Collected
- Over Rs 32 lakh
- Passengers Penalized
- 4,817
- Date of Operation
- Monday
- Operation Name
- Operation Black Box
- DRM
- Vivek Bhushan Sood
- Average Revenue per TTE
- Rs 7,470 daily
- Current Fiscal Year Revenue (Ticket Sales)
- Over Rs 6 crore