Ticketless passengers on Central and Western Railway have ended up paying over Rs 450 crore in fines in a year, and the numbers seem to be in the ascendant.

Central Railway (CR) alone has earned over Rs 300 crore from 46.32 lakh cases of ticketless travel in a year. The CR Mumbai division has collected Rs 108.25 crore from 19.57 lakh such cases. This is the first time that any zonal railway has reached this milestone, said the CR spokesperson in a report, but we think it is a landmark which should shame us, as a people.