Railway Station Management System

Overview

The Railway Station Management System is a C++ console application that simulates the daily operations of a railway station. It manages train departures using a queue (FIFO) and maintenance requests using a stack (LIFO). The program provides an interactive menu that allows users to add, view, process, and clear train departures and maintenance requests.

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Files Included

File	Description
train_queue.cpp	Implementation of the TrainQueue class using a queue data structure.
maintenance_stack.cpp	Implementation of the MaintenanceStack class using a stack data structure.
program6.h	Header file containing class declarations, structures, constants, and function prototypes.
program6_driver.cpp	Driver program that provides the interactive railway station management system.
README.md	Project documentation.

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Features

Train Departure Management (Queue)

• Add new train departures.
• View the next scheduled train.
• Process (depart) the next train.
• Clear all train departures.
• First-In, First-Out (FIFO) processing.

Maintenance Request Management (Stack)

• File new maintenance requests.
• View the latest maintenance request.
• Resolve the latest maintenance request.
• Clear all maintenance requests.
• Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) processing.

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Program Flow

The program performs the following steps:

1. Displays the Railway Station Management System menu.
2. Allows the user to:
   • Add a train departure.
   • View the next departing train.
   • Process the next train departure.
   • Clear all train departures.
   • File a maintenance request.
   • View the latest maintenance request.
   • Resolve the latest maintenance request.
   • Clear all maintenance requests.
3. Repeats until the user selects -1 to exit.

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Data Stored

Train Information

Each train record contains:

• Train number
• Destination
• Departure time
• Passenger count

Maintenance Request Information

Each maintenance request contains:

• Request number
• Maintenance issue
• Staff reporter name

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Concepts Demonstrated

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Queues (FIFO)
• Stacks (LIFO)
• Dynamic Memory Management
• Linked Data Structures
• Classes and Objects
• Pointers
• Menu-Driven Programming
• Modular Programming