TrainGo App” - Mobile based Train Ticketing System for Railway Department in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The Railway Department in Sri Lanka uses a traditional method to issue tickets to their passengers through counters who use short distance travel. Because of that passengers have to wait a long time in the queue to get their ticket and there is a possibility of miss the train. Hence, most of the passengers have a bad impression of train service in Sri Lanka. The purpose of the system is to provide better service to the passengers by enhancing the ticket issuing process and improving good impression about the railway service in Sri Lanka “TrainGo” mobile-based train ticketing system uses a QR Code scanning mechanism to reserve and purchase tickets. The mobile-based train ticketing system provides a better service to the passengers by enhancing the ticket issuing process. Dynamic QR codes, E-Wallet system, Ticket booking system, Report generating system, and Admin backend panel are the main processes of the mobile-based train ticketing system. The QR Codes for the stations are generated by the devices dynamically based on the station and date. The React framework, the Vue-electron framework, and node.js were used to develop the “TrainGO” app. Couch DB and the Pouch DB were used as the databases for the development purpose. Marvel App was used to design the App It was identified a few similar types of systems in other countries during the literature review, but those systems were not used technology which uses in the “TrainGo” app. Hence, the “TrainGo” app uses unique technology.