Counting Sensors

Tranzitup: Know Exactly Who Is on Every Vehicle

Tranzitup Counting Sensors deliver precise, automatic passenger counting at every door — giving operators the real-time ridership data they need to plan smarter, run leaner, and serve passengers better.

Accurate Passenger Data, Automatically

Tranzitup Counting Sensors use advanced stereoscopic imaging to count every passenger boarding and alighting at every door — without manual counts, without estimation, and without disrupting the passenger experience in any way.

Every count is timestamped, stop-coded, and synced to the Tranzitup cloud in real time — giving planners, operators, and finance teams the accurate ridership intelligence they need to make confident, data-driven decisions across the entire network.

High Accuracy

Stereoscopic counting validated against manual counts

Every Door

Simultaneous counting at all vehicle entry & exit points

Stop-Level

Boarding & alighting data recorded per stop, per journey

Instant Insight

Live occupancy & ridership trends direct to your dashboard

Rethinking Ridership Intelligence

Reimagining Passenger Counting

Manual passenger surveys are expensive, infrequent, and statistically unreliable. Tranzitup Counting Sensors replace them with continuous, automated data collection across every vehicle, every route, and every day of the year — at a fraction of the cost of traditional counting programmes.

The result is a permanent, real-time picture of how passengers actually use your network — not a snapshot from a survey week. Planners get the evidence to justify service changes. Operators get the data to respond to demand as it happens.

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Tranzitup Counting Sensor installed at bus door
The Tranzitup Difference

Counting Sensor Benefits

Tranzitup Counting Sensors turn every journey into a data point — building a continuous, granular record of passenger demand that gives your planning, operations, and commercial teams the evidence to make better decisions every single day.

Smarter Network Planning

Stop-level boarding and alighting data reveals exactly where demand is strongest, where capacity is wasted, and where timetable changes will have the greatest positive impact on passengers and cost efficiency.

Real-Time Capacity Management

Live occupancy data enables control teams to respond to overcrowding and under-utilisation as it happens — deploying additional resource precisely where and when it is needed most.

Reliable Reporting & Compliance

Automatically generated ridership reports satisfy concessionary travel reimbursement claims, franchise obligations, and authority reporting requirements — accurately and without manual data compilation.

Automatic Boarding & Alighting Counts

Stereoscopic 3D sensors at each door count every passenger entering and leaving the vehicle simultaneously — distinguishing direction of travel accurately even in high-flow, multi-directional doorway situations.

Live Occupancy Monitoring

Running load calculations update in real time as passengers board and alight — feeding live occupancy data to the driver console, passenger information displays, and the operations control room simultaneously.

Integrated Analytics & Reporting

All counting data feeds directly into the Tranzitup analytics platform — generating route-level, stop-level, and time-of-day ridership reports that planners can access instantly without manual data processing.

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Precision at Every Door

Tranzitup Counting Sensor Features

Tranzitup Counting Sensors are engineered for the demanding environment of public transport doorways — accurate in all lighting conditions, unaffected by luggage or pushchairs, and built to operate continuously without recalibration or maintenance intervention.

Sensor Technology

Sensor Technology

Stereoscopic 3D Imaging: Dual-lens depth sensing distinguishes individual passengers accurately, even in crowded doorways with simultaneous boarding and alighting.

All-Lighting Performance: Infrared illumination ensures consistent counting accuracy in full daylight, artificial light, and complete darkness.

Object Discrimination: Advanced algorithms distinguish passengers from luggage, prams, and bicycles — preventing false counts that distort ridership data.

Compact Doorway Fit: Low-profile sensor housing installs above any standard bus or rail vehicle doorway with no structural modification required.

Data & Analytics

Data & Analytics

Stop-Level Granularity: Every boarding and alighting event is tagged to the exact stop using integrated GPS and AVL data — no manual stop assignment required.

Running Load Calculation: Vehicle occupancy is calculated and updated continuously throughout each journey, available to operations teams in real time.

Historical Trend Analysis: The Tranzitup platform stores and visualises ridership trends over time — enabling seasonal planning, route reviews, and demand forecasting.

Automated Report Generation: Scheduled ridership reports are generated and distributed automatically — removing the need for manual data extraction and compilation.

Integration & Management

Integration & Management

AVL & Driver Console Integration: Counting data links directly with Tranzitup AVL and Driver Console systems — providing a unified picture of vehicle location, schedule adherence, and passenger load.

Cloud Data Transmission: Count data syncs to the Tranzitup cloud continuously via the vehicle's existing 4G connection — no separate data infrastructure required.

Open API Export: Raw and aggregated counting data is available via RESTful APIs for integration with third-party planning, BI, and reporting tools.

Remote Health Monitoring: Sensor diagnostics stream to the Tranzitup dashboard continuously — flagging calibration drift or hardware issues before data quality is affected.