🚆 IRCTC Clone - Full-Stack Railway Reservation System

A modern, responsive full-stack IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) clone built with a decoupled MERN stack architecture, Tailwind CSS, and Vite. Designed to simulate seamless train searches, user authentication, profile management, e-wallet transactions, and real-time booking flows.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• HTML5 & Modern JavaScript (ES6+)
• Tailwind CSS (for responsive, utility-first UI design)
• Vite (for lightning-fast development and asset bundling)

Backend

• Node.js & Express.js (RESTful API architecture)
• MongoDB & Mongoose (Database persistence and schema modeling)
• CORS & Dotenv (Security and environment configuration)

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📁 Project Structure

The project is organized into clean client and server subdirectories:

irctc-clone/
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├── backend/               # Express server, database models, and API routes
│   ├── models/            # Mongoose schemas (User, Booking, Train, etc.)
│   ├── routes/            # API endpoints (userRoutes.js, auth, trains)
│   ├── server.js          # Main entry point for the backend server
│   └── package.json
│
├── frontend/              # Client-side web application
│   ├── assets/            # Stylesheets, custom CSS, and images
│   ├── js/                # Client logic, database simulation scripts, and animations
│   ├── pages/             # HTML views (dashboard, profile, train search, bookings, etc.)
│   └── package.json
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└── .gitignore             # Global git ignore rules (securing .env and node_modules)