Northern using AI to count passenger numbers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by rail operator Northern to count the number of passengers on some of its services.
Northern said it has deployed an Automatic Passenger Counting (APC) algorithm – which is over 98 per cent accurate – to software on its fleet of eight Class 769 trains.
Part-funded by Rail North Partnership, the work was carried out at Allerton TrainCare Centre in Merseyside.
It saw a team of 15 specialist engineers from Northern and its technology partners Icomera and DG8 install 88 cameras and eight computers using 5km of cables.
The Class 769 fleet, which is based at Allerton, operates services between Liverpool, Manchester, Southport, Wigan and Blackpool.
In a statement, Jack Commandeur, engineering director at Northern, said: “More than 90 million people step on-board one of our trains every year and our fleet of Class 769 trains will now give us more accurate data on passenger volumes than we’ve ever had before.
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