mumbai western railways drive against unauthorized travel has started paying dividends as the number of passengers buying tickets each day has increased by as much as 38000 western railway earned rs 1083 crore from various forms of ticketing between november 2126 passengers too increased by 226 lakh during that particular period a senior official said we will intensify the drive so that revenue increases it will also bring relief to first class commuters or those in coaches reserved for the handicapped as many without valid tickets enter them the first such drive was at borivli station with fortress check extending 36 hours on november 1920 the drive included checks on trains as well as at stations between borivli and virar the official said the divisional railway manager and senior divisional commercial manager were among officials on the spot monitoring the drive it yielded rs 914 lakh from more than 4200 cases of unauthorized travel at andheri wr earned rs 917 lakh from fines on november 27 the highest on a single day the drive was also carried out at churchgate station around 35 lakh passengers travel each day between churchgate and dahanu an official said there is no reason for people to travel ticketless as wr has set up smart cardoperated automated ticket vending machines and coupon validating machines we have also ensured that most booking windows remain open to prevent long queues wr plans to take up stations like dadar vile parle and mumbai central in a few days