mangaluru palakkad division under southern railway achieved its highest ticket checking earnings of rs 110 crore during january while imposing penalty on unauthorised and ticketlesss travel from 25849 passengers through various checks conducted the previous highest in ticket checking earnings of the division was rs 102 crore in december 2019the total earnings from ticket checking segment include charges collected while on conversion of ticket to higher class and extension of journey tickets by travelling ticket examiners ttes manning reserved coaches in january is rs 203 crore which is also a new recordin addition to ticket checking staff at stations and on trains special squads were deployed in various sections for daily checks lady ticket checking staffs were deployed on only ladies coaches as there were complaints of ticketless travelling a total of 1006 checks in stations and 3195 checks in trains were conducted in januaryimpact of ticket checking is visible in number of tickets sold and in the earnings of the division form passenger transportation segment in january there is 309 increase in the number of second class season tickets sold in the divisionduring january in the second class ordinary ticket sale there is an increase of 737 where as in mail and express second class ticket sale increased by 566 the earnings from second class and mailexpress tickets have increased by 594 lakh total number of originating passengers have increased by 2827 lakh by end of january 2020pratap singh shami divisional railway managerpalakkad and jerin g anand senior divisional commercial manager appreciated the ticket checking staff for this achievementduring the above checks promotion of uts on mobile app was also conducted to sensitize passengers to avoid rush at counters during peak hours