🚆 Railway Ticket Booking System (Java)

A console-based Railway Ticket Booking System developed using Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
This project simulates a real-world train reservation system with support for Confirmed Tickets, RAC, and Waiting List management.

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📌 Features

• 📄 Book railway tickets with berth preference
• 👵 Priority allocation for senior citizens and female passengers
• 🛏️ Berth types: LOWER, MIDDLE, UPPER
• 🔁 Automatic RAC and Waiting List handling
• ❌ Cancel tickets using Ticket ID
• 🔼 Automatic promotion:
  • RAC → Confirmed
  • Waiting List → RAC
• 📊 View:
  • Confirmed tickets
  • Available tickets
  • RAC tickets
  • Waiting list tickets
• 🧭 Menu-driven console interface

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Java
• OOP Concepts
  • Encapsulation
  • Abstraction
  • Collections Framework
• Java Collections
  • ArrayList
  • HashMap
  • Queue
  • LinkedList
• Scanner Class for user input

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📂 Project Structure

Railway_Booking_System/ │ ├── Main.java ├── TicketSystem.java ├── Passenger.java └── README.md

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⚙️ How the System Works

🎫 Ticket Booking

1. User enters passenger details:
   • Name
   • Age
   • Gender
   • Berth Preference
2. The system tries to allocate:
   • Preferred berth
   • Lower berth for senior citizens or females
3. If no berth is available:
   • Ticket goes to RAC
4. If RAC is full:
   • Ticket goes to Waiting List
5. If all are full:
   • Booking fails

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❌ Ticket Cancellation

• Cancelling a confirmed ticket:
  • Releases the berth
  • Promotes first RAC passenger to Confirmed
  • Promotes first Waiting List passenger to RAC

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▶️ How to Run the Project

Prerequisites

• Java JDK 8 or above
• Any IDE (Eclipse / IntelliJ / VS Code) or Command Line

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/saravanakumar-m4/L-Railway-ticket-booking.git]