Rs 139.20 crore earned from platform tickets in 2018-19, Piyush Goyal

The government earned around Rs 139.20 crore from the sale of platform tickets in the year 2018-19, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told Rajya Sabha on Friday.

"The government earned around Rs 139.20 crore from the sale of platform tickets in the year 2018-19. Besides, Rs. 230.47 crore was also earned from the advertisements and shops including those on platforms in the same year," he said in a written reply to BJP MP Rakesh Sinha.