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Oyster Card Problem

A user loads £30 onto an Oyster card and takes several trips on the London transit system to demonstrate how fares are calculated. When entering a station, the card is charged the maximum fare, and upon exiting, the actual fare is calculated to replace the maximum if it is lower. Bus fares are a flat rate, and in cases where multiple fares apply, the system charges the customer the lowest possible fare. The example trips are intended to showcase how fares are deducted from the initial £30 balance on the card.

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Oyster Card Problem

A user loads £30 onto an Oyster card and takes several trips on the London transit system to demonstrate how fares are calculated. When entering a station, the card is charged the maximum fare, and upon exiting, the actual fare is calculated to replace the maximum if it is lower. Bus fares are a flat rate, and in cases where multiple fares apply, the system charges the customer the lowest possible fare. The example trips are intended to showcase how fares are deducted from the initial £30 balance on the card.

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The Oyster Card design issue Problem

We are required to model the following fare card system which is a limited version of
London’s Oyster card system. At the end of the program, we should be able to demonstrate a
user loading a card with £30, and taking the following trips, and then viewing the balance.
- Tube Holborn to Earl’s Court
- 328 bus from Earl’s Court to Chelsea
- Tube Earl’s court to Hammersmith

Operation
When the user passes through the inward barrier at the station, their oyster card is charged
the maximum fare.
When they pass out of the barrier at the exit station, the fare is calculated and the maximum
fare transaction removed and replaced with the real transaction (in this way, if the user
doesn’t swipe out, they are charged the maximum fare).
All bus journeys are charged at the same price.
The system should favour the customer where more than one fare is possible for a given
journey. E.g. Holburn to Earl’s Court is charged at £2.50.
For the purposes of this program use the following data:
Stations and zones:

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