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Indian Railways has often struggled with many empty seats on trains because individuals cancel at the last-minute or do not show up or exit a train before their final destination. When the train is in motion, the existing static on-board reservation system has no capability for real-time knowledge and distribution of vacant seats or to shuffle them. As a result, the railways are losing revenue for which they have already received money and this is a major issue where RAC and waitlisted passengers do not get confirmation of berths. In this work, an innovative real-time seat management solution, which uses IoT sensors to detect seat occupancy automatically, GPS to track the position of trains and confirm departures, and Firebase Real-time Database for live integration of seat information, is presented. Authenticated users have the opportunity to log in by entering one-time passwords to their mobiles, view missed seats currently available in real time, choose one, and pay for booking through Razorpay. The proposed system allows for immediate allocation of empty seats even after the train leaves, thus ensuring maximum utilization of the available seats without requiring any manual efforts. The initial results indicate successful real-time monitoring and dynamic allocation of tickets.