Proposal Report

ONLINE TICKET RESERVATION SYSTEM

A Project of Clean & Fair Designs Pakistan

Submitted To:
Madam Amina Basharat
Submitted By:
Ghazanfar Latif (06-0384_A)
Yasir Arfat (06-0385_A)
Suleman Sadiq (06-192-B)
 ONLINE TICKET RESERVATION SYSTEM

Introduction:
A passenger who wishes to travel by train must book the tickets. In order to do so
he has to go to the railway station to book the tickets. The booking authority checks the
availability of seats and books the tickets if available. This process is tedious. Online ticket
reservation system is one which enables the passenger who wishes to travel book his tickets
via internet. This helps him to reduce the time delays by waiting in queues while booking the
tickets. He can also view the current booking status and the availability of tickets for
reservation. In olden days all the registration details were maintained in files which were very
tedious to maintain. It also occupies a lot of space. Also updating the files was very difficult.
All these problems can be easily eliminated by the use of the software. Thus software is
implemented in booking of tickets.

Objectives:
In the case of ticket reservation software for railway system we need to get the
passenger details and train details. After this the system specifies the availability of tickets by
checking the details relevant to the particular train or the number of tickets required by the
passenger. If there is a vacancy it books the tickets otherwise it displays that there are no
seats available for reservation. For this we have to store the necessary details of the train such
as the number of seats available, date and time of travel as certain trains travel only on
particular days. Once all this is done booking becomes easy. Also if the software is made
available online then the person who wishes to travel can check the necessary details online
and make a reservation suitably. This is the main objective in online ticket reservation.

Scope:
Online ticket reservation system supports various features. Some of them are as follows:
1. Updating of seats become easier.
2. Online booking of tickets is possible.
3. Errors while entering the details can be minimized.
4. Current status can be viewed.
5. Cancellation can be made.
6. It saves both time and energy.
Problem Statement and Description:
This system is designed for the online reservation of railway tickets for travel
between any destinations which is a part of Pakistan Railway network. This system enables the
Advance booking in any class, against general and ladies quota, on payment of fare in full for
adults and children, a maximum of six berths/seats at a time, for journey between any two
stations served by a train.
It also provides details about
1. Time table
2. Train fares
3. Current status of reservation position
4. Train available between a pair of stations
5. Accommodation available for a train/date combination

The user of this system should first register for any interaction with the system. Once registered,
he/she will be provided with a username and password for the user to log in. After logging in the
user should select the kind of activity he would like to perform like booking a ticket, canceling a
ticket, look out for help and so on. A person can check the train timings, train fares and other
trains information without login.
If he selects the booking the ticket option, then he/she should select the ‘to and
from’ stations. After this step the user should select a particular train that runs between the
specified stations from a list of trains that is provided by the system. Once a particular train is
selected, the user should specify the class of travel and date of journey. Then he can view the
vacancy position in that train for that date. Depending upon the vacancy position, the user can
proceed to book his tickets. For reserving the ticket, the user should fill up the reservation form
with the details like name, age, sex, class of travel, preferred seats/berths and others. After filling
up this form, the user should submit this for reservation.
Then the mode of payment is selected and the user fills up the corresponding
details. Once these processes are over, the system automatically reserves the ticket for the user
and it deliver by post (TCS). The ticket number and PNR number details would be remembered
to the user for future reference. Thus the Online Train Ticket has been booked.
 Meeting Minutes

Venue: F-11/3 Boys Hostel

Start Time: 4:20PM
End Time: 6:30PM
Date: August 15, 2008

 Yasir suggest to develop such a software which we can use in real life.

 We meet with our hostel fellows which more then 50 students of Telecom Engineering
and computer science to ask about some project names.

 They told us about a number of projects like hostel management system, chess game,
online ticket reservation system, car sales and services system, iPod running software.

 We select online ticket reservation system for Pakistan Railway.

 We discuss about problems of ticket reservation, then how can we solve these problems.

 Ghazanfar finalize the document.

Conceptual Diagram