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Railway Reservation System

Description: This is a railway ticker,when any updation about train timings are found... it informs all the client ticker's about the update and they roll the updates.one can also roll default timings.. 

RAILWAY RESERVATION SYSTEM should be able to manage all the reservation related functions. The system should be distributed in nature. This system is divided into five zones.

NORTH ZONE
SOUTH ZONE
EAST ZONE
WEST ZONE
CENTRAL ZONE

Each zone should have same functionalities. Each zone will stores the information about train name, train schedules, availability. The administrator should be able to enter any change related to the train information like change in train name, number etc. The system should be able to reserve seat in a train for a passenger. First the clerk will check for availability for the seats in a particular train on a specified date of journey. If it is available the clerk will reserve seats. The passenger will be given a unique PNR no. The system should be able to cancel a reservation. The clerk will delete the entries in the system. The passenger can check their reservation status online by entering their PNR no. The system will display his current status like confirmed, RAC or waiting list. They are also able to see information related to the train schedules. The system should be able to print the report like it should be able to generate reservation chart, train report, reservation ticket which will have train no and name, date of journey, boarding station, destination station, person name, age, [censored], total fare and a unique PNR no. The system should be able to print the cancellation ticket which will have total fare and the amount deducted.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this source is to describe the railway reservation system which provides the train timing details, reservation, billing and cancellation on various types of reservation namely,

Confirm Reservation for confirm Seat.
Reservation against Cancellation.
Waiting list Reservation.
Online Reservation.
Tatkal Reservation.

INTRODUCTION TO THE RAILWAY RESERVATION SYSTEM

The Indian Railways (IR) carries about 5.5 lakhs passengers in reserved accomodation every day.The Computerised Passenger Reservation System(PRS) facilates the booking and cancellation of tickets from any of the 4000 terminals(i.e. PRS bookin window all over the countries). These tickets can be booked or cancelled for journeys commencin in any part of India and ending in any other part, with travel time as long as 72hours and distance upto several thousand kilometers. The project of PRS was launched on 15th November 1985, over Northern Railway with the installation of Integrated Multiple Train Passenger Reservation System(IMPRESS), an online transaction processing system developed by Indian Railways in association with Computer Maintenance Corporation Ltd., at New Delhi. The objective was to provide reserved accomodations on any train from any counter,preparation of train charts and accounting of the money collected. The application was implemented in 1987 Mumbai,Chennai,Kolkata,Secunderabad subsequently.

RAILWAY RESERVATION METHODS

ONLINE BOOKING: With the help of this people can book their tickets online through internet, sitting in their home by a single click of mouse. Using their credit cards people can easily get their tickets done within minutes. There are certain charges for online booking as well.

COUNTER BOOKING: This is the oldest method of booking the tickets. The reservation counters are there at railway department from where people can get the tickets to their respective destinations.

Railway passengers frequently need to know about their ticket reservation status, ticket availability on a particular train or for a place,train arrival or departure details, special trains etc.. Customer information centers at the railway stations are unable to serve such queries at peak periods. The number of the reservation counters available to the passengers and customers are very less. On most of the reservation systems there are long queues, so it takes a long time for any individual to book the ticket. As now there are no call centers facilities available to solve the queries of the passengers.

ANALYSIS
In Online Railway Reservation System,for booking the tickets online the intended user has to enter details like username and password. Once the username and passwords are verified then he is allowed to enter the main system wherein he can select the destination, date and no of tickets. For the purchase of the tickets he is asked for payment details (like credit card details etc). The user is also provided with a provision of canceling the reservation where in the entire amount is credited back to his account. The analysis part also comprises of the UML diagrams that boost the program.

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