Method and system for counting people at a transport hub by means of data of a telecommunication network

A method of counting individuals reaching or leaving a transport hub, said transport hub being comprised in a hub area included in a geographic area over which a mobile telecommunication network is adapted to manage communications of User Equipment to be used by individuals, the mobile telecommunication network being configured for recording event records each one indicating at least a time information and a position information of each event of interaction between the User Equipment and the mobile telecommunication network, the method comprising:

• defining at least two categories of individuals, the individuals in each of the at least two categories having a common purpose for reaching or leaving the transport hub;
• for each of the at least two categories, defining at least one respective category pattern associated with said each category, each category pattern being a sequence of events of interaction between the User Equipment and a communication station of the mobile telecommunication network;
• acquiring event records associated with the User Equipment from the mobile telecommunication network;
• searching the event records associated with each User Equipment of a pool of User Equipment for identifying sequences of events of interaction matching a category pattern of the at least one category pattern, and
• upon finding a match between a sequence of the sequences of events and the category pattern of the at least one category pattern, increasing a number of individuals belonging to the category associated with the category pattern of the at least one category pattern.