Objective of Ticket Checking -
1. To ensure that every person travelling by Railway or entering railway premises has proper pass, ticket or an authority.
2. To ensure that tickets are issued as per prescribed rules.
3. Whether the accountal of tickets has been done properly or not.
4. To prevent leakage of railway revenue.
5. To increase earnings of railway.
6. To prevent corruption, frauds and embezzlements.
Types of Checks:-
1. Sectional Check: This check is arranged on a particular section for three days, or a minimum of
24 hrs., covering all trains. Ticket checking Staff is deputed in each coach of each train to ensure that no person is travelling without ticket or with irregular ticket therein. After the completion of check a report is prepared with following particulars:-