Assignment Name:

Computerized Seat Reservation and Ticketing System of Bangladesh Railway.

For:

Bangladesh Railway.

Government of Bangladesh

Assignment Location within country:

CNS Limited Premises & Bangladesh Railway

Duration of assignment (months):

60 Months

Name of Client:

Bangladesh Railway

Professional Staff Provided by our organization

No. Of Staff: 25

Start Date:

May, 2007

Completion Date:

April 2012 (60 months)

Name of associated external consulting firm, if any: None

Detail Narrative Description of Project:

The Contract is for Operations and Maintenance of the Computerized Seat Reservation and Ticketing System for Bangladesh Railway (BR). BR required to Up-Grade the existing Oracle 9i based CSRTS and develop, implement and use the online ticketing system provided by CNS Ltd. with contemporary RDBMS like Oracle 10g. CNS Limited developed a new system for Computerized Seat Reservation and Ticketing System which used Oracle 10g RDBMS implemented on n-Tier Architecture ensuring OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) and high availability of data at terminal ends. The Scope of work also includes maintenance, support and phasing out the hardware in 28 Railway Stations across Bangladesh and implementing the system in 53 Railway Stations. Training was also provided to the Booking Clerks and other related officials. CNS Ltd. also deploying Necessary Manpower to carry out the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the system. The Project has successfully passed the milestones marking Development, Implementation and Training Phase of the Software as well as Phasing out the Hardware and Networking and implementation of a robust Hardware and Network system in all the stations under the project's jurisdiction, The New CSRTS software is up and running in all the stations and tickets are being issued and controlled from the same. Presently CNS Limited is providing operation and maintenance services under the contract.

Another aspect of the project is Development, Implementation and maintenance of the SMS Ticket issuing System where the customer can be able to reserve and obtain the tickets right from their cell phones also Information System vide Short Messaging System (SMS) where the customers can obtain information about the arrival, departure fare and real-time seat availability status from their cell phones.

Detailed Description of actual services provided by our Staff

System Requirement Study, System Analysis, Design, Development and up-gradation True On-Line Web-Based Software Development & Up-gradation, Nationwide Networking (Internet & Intranet) and Hardware Infrastructure Development, Deploying Necessary Manpower, Hardware and Network Maintenance, Data Entry, Operation, Processing, Printing. Implementation in 62 Railway Satiations across Bangladesh, Supply and Installation of all required Hardware and Networking peripherals, Internet and Intranet, Supply of Equipment like Power Generators, Display Screens etc. LAN and WAN Networking and reengineering of existing Fiber Optic Network of BR to accommodate high speed data transfer, Training to the Booking Clerks and Administration. Deploy necessary manpower for smooth operation and maintenance of the system. Mobile Ticketing and Information System and Depositing of Collected Money of Ticket Selling through Mobile Phone.