The Railways announce an increase in train fares

Pakistan Railways has announced a fare hike for all trains, effective from tomorrow, as the notification issued on Thursday said fares will be increased by 1% for all mail, express, intercity and passenger trains, including services outsourced to External partners.

This adjustment was implemented in the framework of the rationalization of fares.

In addition, the fare for all freight trains will see a 2% increase.

All stations, booking offices, booking offices and related staff had been informed about this.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Railways has collected over Rs 76 million from ticketless passengers in a crackdown over the past six months with the help of railway police and train staff.

“About 59,143 passengers were found traveling without tickets in different trains and the said amount was collected from them, which was deposited in the official bank account of the department,” sources in the ministry said. APPLICATION.

They said it was not the first time large-scale action had been taken against ticketless passengers, adding that such crackdowns took place daily.

The sources said that traveling without a ticket was illegal and those caught without a ticket were also charged a ticket for the entire train journey apart from the penalty.

Those who do not pay are handed over to the railway police.

Responding to a question, they said that the Pakistan Railway Police claimed to have arrested a total of 4,384 accused for their involvement in violations of rules and laws and also registered around 3,803 cases against them in eight Railway divisions within one and a half years.

“About 688 cases were recorded in Peshawar Division, 584 in Rawalpindi, 1,103 in Lahore, 369 in Mughalpura, 378 in Multan, 238 in Sukkur, 365 in Karachi and 78 in Quetta Division,” they added.

They said that Railway Police Help Desks have been set up at all major railway stations across the country and the performance of Railway Police has been quite satisfactory in the last one year.

Regarding the performance of the railway police, they said, “The police are carrying out their duties effectively despite limited resources and the performance of the railway police will further improve to optimum level during the coming year.”