Method and system to monitor access rights for a personnel transport system that include at least one defined embarkation area and at least one defined disembarkation area

A method for controlling personnel utilization of a cyclically operated personnel transport system having a plurality of transport vehicles connected one-to-another in series, in an endless loop, so as to move together, repeatedly travelling in said loop, each vehicle in succession, from a spatially-defined embarkation area to an associated and respective spatially-defined separate disembarkation area and returning again to the embarkation area, wherein personnel entry to the transport system occurs without access monitoring at the embarkation area, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) remotely detecting valid access rights of persons on board the transport system during travel by means of at least one stationary, ground-mounted device for remote, wireless detection of the access rights using mobile devices associated with said persons,
• (b) if a detected number of valid access rights is less than the actual number of persons on board the transport system, or if a discrepancy exists between the a detected number of valid access rights for an access right category and the actual number of persons on board the transport system for the access right category of the transport system, controlling the persons transported on board the transport system at said disembarkation area to identify the ones who were transported without valid access rights for that access right category, and
• (c) if the detected number of valid access rights matches the number of persons on board the transport system and no discrepancy exists between the detected number of valid access rights for the access right category and the actual number of persons on board the transport system for the access right category, then allowing the persons transported on board the transport system to depart at said disembarkation area without any type of monitoring.