WR plans major crackdown on ticketless commuters
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: If you are caught travelling without a valid ticket in local trains and unwilling to pay the fine, you could be placed in a designated ‘pre-custody area’ which is being created by Western Railway on the platforms of railway stations. The ticket-checking staff is also being provided with bodycams that will not only record the conversation with commuters caught without a ticket but also enlist them in a database of ‘habitual offenders’ who might have to pay higher fines. WR plans major crackdown on ticketless commuters The trials for the pre-custody areas began earlier last week and their scope is being widened on the Churchgate-Virar-Dahanu suburban corridor. “We will gradually give bodycams to all our TCs, who will then be able to document every interaction with the ticketless travellers,” said another WR official. The videos will also form evidence under the Railway Act.” WR authorities are finalising which other documents can be accessed from commuters caught without valid tickets and made a part of the database.
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