Android Application for Metro Railway Ticket Booking and Checking Using QR-Code and GPS

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue V, May 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

Android Application for Metro Railway Ticket Booking and Checking Using QR-Code and GPS

Sri Anjali Devi G¹, Vandana K², Mahalaxmi U³

^{1, 2 ,3} Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, India

Abstract—Technological development has resulted in a boundary free digital world. This development has resulted in transaction through virtual money instead of real ones. Use of the smart cards has reduced waiting for ticket but the user should always remember to carry the card with him. And he/she has to pay attention to the card that it is not lost or stolen. After that came E-Ticketing, where passengers have to carry a SMS or a printout of the ticket booked online. The “Android Metro Railway Ticketing” (AMRT) is the implementation of a smart phone application and it can be used easily anytime, anywhere and ticket will be present in the customer’s phone in the form of “Quick Response Code”. GPS facility is used for validation of the ticket at the source and destination, where ticket expires once it is rescanned. The information about purchased ticket is stored in firebase. The information of every user is stored in a cloud database for security purpose which is unavailable in the current metro railway system. Also ticket-checker is going to be given QR-code scanner, with that he/she will get the complete details of the user, along with the ticket number and status of the ticket.

Keywords—Short-Message-Service(SMS),Global-Positioning System(GPS)

I.INTRODUCTION

In the past few decades, technology has expanded to a huge extent and also is being utilized in the field of transportation services. Also our honorable Prime minister of India Narendra Modi, started a new project called as “DIGITAL INDIA”, is an initiative step for the Government of India to ensure that government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing internet connectivity. The first metro station was started in the year 1984 in Kolkata which was inaugurated by our former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Presently there are 10 metro stations in India; by 2025 we have 15 more metro stations. It is difficult to by tickets manually in this busy world. So we implemented an android metro application. This system is a web based application which provides information regarding metro timings, routes, fairs. This system also manages public feedback about services through its complaint management system. It also contains an user module where users can recharge their railway wallet online through this site and can buy the metro tickets in the form of QR-code which will be saved in user’s smart phone in an encrypted form.

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