bangalore as many as 83853 persons have been caught for ticketless travel by the southwestern railways and rs 35 crore collected as penalty in the last six months but the real number of freeloaders could be close to a lakh says railway officials as many manage to evade being caught anup dayanand sadhu senior divisional commercial manager south western railways bangalore division on wednesday told reporters that a special drive has been initiated by railways due to the increasing number of such illegal passengers interestingly spitting and littering earned the railways rs 2200 in just five hours even as the press conference was on baggage scanners following the chennai blast railway stations across bangalore will be getting baggage scanners the induction will start with city railway station that will get three scanners compared to an airport the numbers are huge in a railway station anup said platform tickets at parking lots soon you will be able to buy a platform ticket directly from parking agents as you park your car at the city railway station or at yeshwantpur according to sadhu sale of platform tickets through parking contractors and at public call booths located in the station premises will begin soon