Rail platforms and crowd density
Headcount, footfall index and zone-level density on station platforms, concourses and entry gates.
Crowd incidents build slowly and then resolve very quickly. The window in which staff can act is the period when density is rising in one zone and nobody has noticed yet.
VICAS™ counts people by region of interest, tracks entry and exit at gates, and maintains a footfall index per zone so a control room sees the build rather than the consequence.
What it detects
Headcount by region of interest
Platforms, concourses, ticket counters and waiting areas are counted independently rather than as one number.
Entry and exit tracking
Directional counts at gates give occupancy, not just throughput.
Zone-wise behavioural analytics
Segregation by zone shows where dwell and clustering are happening, and when they started.
Automated congestion alerts
Thresholds per zone raise an alert as density climbs, ahead of the peak rather than during it.
From live deployments
Impact on the operation
Station staff see which platform is loading and how fast, in time to act on it.
A comparable measure across zones and days, which is what turns crowd data into a staffing plan.
Movement between zones shows where the layout, not the crowd, is creating the pinch point.