Trespass is a critical threat to railway operations, accounting for over half of rail deaths in Europe with similar patterns worldwide. Beyond tragic fatalities, unauthorised persons in the rail corridor cause significant disruption, leading to frequent delays and cancellations, impacting services even before the trespasser intent is known.
Trespass motives vary widely: from cable theft, infrastructure tampering, painting graffiti, to desperate acts of suicide, or simply taking a shortcut. Regardless of intent, the impact on railways is consistently negative and substantial.
Tackling this multifaceted challenge relies on real-time knowledge of trespass events and their location. As the saying goes, "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." Sensonic Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) provides this vital capability, delivering real-time, geolocated alerts of human presence along entire railway routes, empowering railway operations and security teams to manage this persistent risk.