The Indian Railways earned over Rs 9,000 crore from ticket
cancellation charges and non-cancellation of wait-listed tickets between
2017 and 2020, Indian Railways has said in response to an RTI
application.
The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), in response to the RTI application filed by Kota-based activist Sujeet Swami, said that in the three-year period from January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2020, there were over nine-and-a-half crore passengers whose wait-listed tickets were not cancelled.
Such passengers brought the Indian Railways revenue of over Rs 4,335 crore
In the same period, the railways earned over Rs 4,684 crore from cancellation fees of confirmed tickets, it has been revealed.
In both segments, earning was maximum from sleeper class tickets, followed by Third AC travellers, the RTI response added.
There is also a huge difference in the number of people buying railway tickets through Internet and those from counters.
In the three-year period, over 145 crore passengers purchased tickets through Internet, while over 74 crore people went to railway counters.
The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), in response to the RTI application filed by Kota-based activist Sujeet Swami, said that in the three-year period from January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2020, there were over nine-and-a-half crore passengers whose wait-listed tickets were not cancelled.
Such passengers brought the Indian Railways revenue of over Rs 4,335 crore
In the same period, the railways earned over Rs 4,684 crore from cancellation fees of confirmed tickets, it has been revealed.
In both segments, earning was maximum from sleeper class tickets, followed by Third AC travellers, the RTI response added.
There is also a huge difference in the number of people buying railway tickets through Internet and those from counters.
In the three-year period, over 145 crore passengers purchased tickets through Internet, while over 74 crore people went to railway counters.
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