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RAILWAY TICKET SYSTEM (RTS)
OBJECTIVE
The objective of RTS Project is to design software to fully automate
the process of issuing a railway ticket.
That is:-
1. To create a database of the trains
2. To accept the user information and issue PNR (Passenger Name
Record) number.
3. To calculate fare
4. To develop a journey planner
TEAM STRUCTURE
We are trying to implement democratic model of project
management and implementation. That is all the planning, design and
coding stages of project are done in course of participation by all
the team members.
The team is comprised of three:-
Naveen Krishnan H S6 CS
Sandeep S Nair S6 CS
Sooraj Nair H S S6 CS
SOFTWARE USED
Front-end : Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Back-end : Microsoft Access 2007
Modules
We analyzed and conclude that project can be implemented
using 3 major modules:-
(i) Ticket Reservation
(ii) Ticket Cancellation
(iii) Status checking
They can be represented in DFDs as:-
DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS
CONTEXT LEVEL DFD
RESERVATION DFD
CANCELLATION DFD
STATUS DFD
MODULES IN DETAIL
Ticket reservation
This is the module one and this comprises of following subtasks:-
i. Checking for availability
ii. Accepting details
iii. Journey planner
i. Checking for availability
This is the process of checking the trainâ„¢s database to check whether
seats are vacant or not. That is the whether the ticket that will be
reserved is ËœAvailableâ„¢ or ËœRACâ„¢ or a ËœWaiting listâ„¢.
ii. Accepting Details
This includes following steps :-
a) Gathering passenger details
b) Processing the ticket request
c) Calculation of fare
d) Issuing the PNR
e) Issuing ticket details
iii. Journey planner
This is an innovative idea we are proposing. Softwareâ„¢s first and
foremost requirement is that it should lessen or eliminate manual
exertion. That is, it should be as user friendly as possible.
Now what we propose to achieve by this is, by just entering the
starting and ending station, we will get the list of following
details
1. Direct trains to the destination
2. Connection trains which are feasible
Status monitoring:
This process lets the passenger / operator know the status of the
ticket. There are three possible states for a ticket to be in
a) Confirmed
b) RAC
c) Waiting list
This process is used to issue the current state of the ticket.
Ticket canceling:
This is the task of canceling a railway ticket. Cancellation leads to
the rearrangement of the database containing the allotted passengerâ„¢s
details. There are three cases:-
a) Cancellation of a confirmed ticket involves transforming the
RAC-1 to the cancelled ticket and moving all the RAC and Waiting list
entries up by one.
b) Cancellation of a RAC involves moving the succeeding RAC and
waiting list entries up by one.
c) Cancellation of a Waiting list just involves the moving up by
one all the succeeding Waiting list entries.
Gant Chart
This is the time frame that we are trying to abide in achieving the
project.
Here the three modules and major steps of our project are shown.
In this chart, X-axis denotes progress and Y axis denotes time
Existing system vs. our proposed system
Our railway uses a very advanced system and that too for a long time.
That it is a system which is tested by time. But no system is perfect
and there is scope for improvement in every one! So we analyzed
deeply and came up with this :-
Journey planner:
Currently The Indian railway does use a kind of Journey planner in
the name of Trains between stations. But ourâ„¢s goes a step further
than the existing one. We are planning to take into account the
connection trains as well. Thus the number of options is increased
dramatically.
Apart from this we try to meet if not better all the major
technicalities which are sufficient and is currently in the existing
system.
Future Enhancements
Due to the limited amount of resources and time, we are planning to
restrict our project to Southern railway for now, but later on it can
be extended to the whole of Indian railway.
Then our system is easy to update with new trains and new routes.
Also our system makes it possible to update the cost of ticket and
other charges periodically.
Then, this project can be later on be used to implement as an online
system as well.
References
i. southernrailway.org
ii. wikipedia.org
iii. indianrailways.gov.in
iv. irctc.co.in
v. trainenquiry.com
vi. Indian Railways timetable
Submitted by :-
Naveen Krishnan H, S6 CS
Sandeep S Nair, S6 CS
Sooraj Nair H S, S6 CS
