The Western Railway on Tuesday said that it has collected Rs 71.68 crore as fine during their intensive ticket checking drives in local trains and railway stations.

In an official statement, the Western Railway said that in order to ensure hassle-free, comfortable travel and better services to all bonafide passengers over Western Railway, intensive ticket checking drives are being carried out constantly over Mumbai suburban local services, Mail/Express trains as well as passenger trains and holiday special trains to curb the menace of ticketless/irregular passengers.