CR generates Rs 545.1 million as non-fare revenue from advertisements

Central Railway (CR) has generated revenue to the tune of Rs 545.1 million from various advertising venues in the April to October period of 2023-24. It includes, Rs 81.9 million from Vinyl wrapping on train coaches, Rs 286.1 million from hoarding advertisements at stations, and Rs 177.2 million from TV screen advertisements at railway stations. Besides, CR has generated a revenue of Rs 41.29 billion from its 907.6 million passengers over the same period. Rs 5.25 billion has been generated from suburban unreserved ticketing, Rs 7 billion from non-suburban unreserved ticketing, Rs 12.25 billion from unreserved ticketing system (UTS) and Rs 29.03 billion from the passenger reservation system. For the month of October 2023, it generated Rs 781.3 million from suburban ticket selling, Rs 1.15 billion from non-suburban ticketing, Rs 1.93 billion from UTS and Rs 4.36 billion from the passenger reservation system.