Why Metro Station Often Limit Occupancy
Subway Metro station occupancy limit is a short-term measure taken by the subway operator to avoid excessive pressure on the line or road network caused by large passenger traffic. Usually all metro station operators will use people counting system to control occupancy, such as ticket counting system, video analysis system, video people counting system. Especially during prime time and holiday, Metro station and other coach stations will meet huge burdon on passenger transit and transfering. Abnormal high traffic of passengers or visitors will bring higher crime rate and dengers. This uncomfortable situation also decrease passengers’ consuming willingness.
Workable People Counting System
Traddittional people counting usually by ticket numbers. This is zero cost but can not show real occupancy level in the stations. Operators never learn how many passengers has leaved the station, and how many passenger crowd in somewhere. For example, the metro has 6 entrances for different direction and lines. These passenger numbers is dynamic quickly and always changed. Each stie will welcome new passengers from trains, or passengers into the trains. In busy time, these flood traffic of passengers will be not counted or crowd togather on the same line even same site. It makes train loading not in balance and safety.
Reamol video people counter system provide serval options for subway/metro station people counting. In the entrance or open hall, it will provide the accurate numbers for occupanyc management easily. Operators can place reamol people counter at the destination site, then this area passenger flow will be analysis automatically, or trigger alarm or directly notice guards to guide flowing. On the other hand, operators can sell this traffic along the passenger flowing direction to sellers, convert the numbers to be income easily, like HK Subway, advertising income and stores rental income keep amazing share.
If you want to convert traffic to be income more easily, and want to learn our people counting system, please contact us. Mike Niel, Sales Manager mike@reamol.com