“AI-based technology has stopped almost 6,000 deer from crossing busy rail routes in England.

Network Rail and train operator LNER installed the deterrent system at Stoke Junction, near Stoke-on-Trent, in May 2023 before expanding the scheme to Little Bytham, near Grantham, in December 2023.

It uses AI to identify when a deer approaches the tracks and activates audible and visual alarms.

A Network Rail spokesperson said it was ‘great to see the positive outcome’ of the trial and the scheme would be rolled out further in the future.

Johanna Priestley, route engineer for Network Rail’s east coast route, said the railway is a ‘dangerous place for animals’ and the measures would help ‘keep passengers and train crew safe, as well as protecting deer from the railway.'”

From BBC.