New Delhi railway station: The is set to introduce AI-powered camera network to improve safety at . It also planned to introduce QR code-based entry management system at the station to ease rush. During a high-level meeting held on Friday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the progress of station access, passenger amenity upgrades and other security related measures to improve the passenger experience.
The meeting focused on measures like access control, crowd management, technology-driven surveillance, and ease of mobility within station premises. These reforms will first be implemented at New Railway Station. Later, it will be rolled out to other stations.
The national transporter has planned to install AI cameras at New Delhi railway station, covering all nooks and corners of the station premises, including platforms, concourses, entry-exit points, and funnel areas prone to unauthorised entry.
According to the release, an Exception Event Display-based control room will be established where AI processing of live camera feeds will alert monitoring staff to unusual or unsafe events in real time.
Apart from these, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) will also be deployed to ensure only ticketed passengers access station premises, with a shift from manual checking to surveillance-based monitoring.
As a pilot project, New Delhi railway station will get a QR code-based entry management system. This will be implemented ahead of expected festival rush during Diwali and Chhath. This new system will regulate entry based on valid tickets, enabling better segregation of Reserved ticket holders, Monthly Season Ticket holders and Unreserved passengers.
The national transporter also planned to introduce a colour-coded identification system for all personnel working in New Delhi railway station. “Fluorescent jackets will be worn by Railway employees, while Non-Employees including vendors, station sahayaks, contractual staff, and IRCTC personnel will also wear colour coded jackets of some other colour.
This is being done to enable the identification of passengers, employees and other non-employees like coolies, the staff of vendors, food, cleaning, parcel & maintenance personnel, present in the station premises, with which the security authorities & the ticket checking staff engage, while performing their duties,” the Ministry of Railways said in a statement.
The Ministry of Railways will also issue ID cards to all employees and non-employees for the identification purpose. “The uniform identification system is meant to be progressively replicated across all stations of the North Zone, with New Delhi Station serving as the model & at a later date in other parts of the country,” it said.
