Railway security - Case studies
The Wisenet video monitoring systems have been installed as part of a phased upgrade of the train fleet Passengers on Hull Trains will now be able to feel even safer following the decision to install video monitoring systems on the train operators’ locomotives and carriages. The Wisenet video monitoring systems have been installed as part of a phased upgrade of the train fleet with engineering work having been carried out with the assistance of Atkins Rail, one of the...
100 million people are expected to visit Nashik during Kumbh Mela, and security is a major concern for the Government bodies Project by the numbers 8 hybrid video recorders 70 IP IR bullet cameras 45 IP IR dome cameras 10 IP IR PTZ cameras Kumbh Mela Kumbh Mela is one of the most sacred pilgrimage festivals of Indian and is organised at a grand scale at Nasik, Haridwar, Ujjain and Prayag. As Kumbh Mela is being celebrated after a period of 12 years in Nashik, 100 m...
The SNF-7010VM 360° cameras have provided a cost-effective option for monitoring large areas Train operating company, London Midland, has invested in the latest generation of IP network video surveillance technology from Hanwha Techwin Europe in order to maintain a safe environment for passengers and staff at fourteen of its stations.London Midland, which has held the West Midlands train franchise since 2007, provides transport for over 60 million passengers each year. PAD...
Promise provides IP video surveillance training course in Qatar along with its partner BASS Everywhere you look around Qatar it’s obvious – the country is preparing for something big. Ever since the small and rich country was awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup, preparations have been underway to build new stadiums, hotels, roads and even a new rail network. A reported $200bn will go into these infrastructure projects – with an estimated $22bn worth of new contr...
Government and Public Service From national governments and the largest metropolitan areas in the world to the most rural communities, government agencies, and departments, all face the challenge of protecting citizens, staff, property, infrastructure, and resources within limited resources. Arecont Vision IP megapixel cameras have been proven around the world to meet the needs of city surveillance, traffic enforcement, police and law enforcement, corrections, military,...
SeeTec Cayuga offers unlimited ways of interfacing the software combined with flexible administration and an intuitive ease of use "Trust us!" – Munich City Utilities' (Stadtwerke München - SWM) motto is an important part of the corporate culture. SWM, as the holding company of Munich’s Transport Corporation (MVG), is also responsible for the safety of 544 million passengers each year. This entails the railway network with more than 100 kilometres of track...
Securing railway and port facilities is always difficult, and especially so in the case of intermodal transport. Theft and human-caused disturbances are a serious threat to transport operators, who must combat the threat of disappearance and misallocation of valuable resources. The Port of Yuzhny, working in collaboration with leading Ukrainian integrators, found the ideal solution for this and related security issues by installing a security system powered by the Intellect PSIM, complemented b...
VCA analytics performs security and people counting, using single set of ‘rules’ that reflects operational requirements of station The recent installation of an integrated video surveillance system at Wuxi East Railway Station in China is an excellent example of how video analytics can encompass security and people counting to help the railway sector introduce efficiencies and save lives. The Wuxi East Railway Station is served by the 1,318-kilometre long Beijing&...
With high volumes of passengers and staff rapidly moving around and the potential risks to people and property, transportation is a key application for security systems. Integrated security specialist TDSi works with clients right across the transportation sector - from airports, to railways, metro systems and sea ports. Whilst the transportation methods vary, the challenges of safely moving large quantities of people or goods whilst keeping them secure is always the common goal. Many tra...
Background For several months, there had been many incidents in Italy where the road barriers of railway crossings had been vandalised. Consequently, these barriers could not be opened and closed on time and trains had to pass these crossing at drastically reduced speeds. This led to substantial cumulative delays in the daily train timetable, with numerous complaints by train users. There are about 400 of these railway crossings in the City of Milan, and roughly about 8,000 in the whole of Ita...
OPTEX REDSCAN laser detection technology is at the heart of a new system developed and delivered in the UK by Tew Plus, a system integrator, to enhance the safety of more than 400 level crossings from Scotland to the South Coast. Incorporates the LIDAR Following nearly two years of testing, Tew Plus achieved full Network Rail Product Approval for its Level Crossing Obstacle Detector (LIDAR) using the OPTEX REDSCAN as the core detection element. The complete MCB-OD Level Crossings solution inco...
Milestone Systems XProtect allowsUTA's video security system toexpand to over 2,000 cameras Milestone Systems open platform networked video management software (VMS) is the leading-edge technology helping the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to improve security dramatically, ensuring passengers a safer experience getting where they need to go.UTA employs 2,200 staff and moves approximately 120,000 passengers daily. It services Salt Lake Valley, Park City, Provo and Brigham Ci...
Transport for London deployed Castel IP intercom system with Honeywell surveillance & access control system London Underground has embarked on a major security upgrade at its London maintenance depots. The facilities available at the busy sites include general maintenance, train-cleaning and driver rest areas. A large number of employees, suppliers and other visitors pass through LU’s various depots on a daily basis. Working alongside Honeywell Security, Castel has s...
Xtralis created VESDA-E VLQ specifically to deliver cost-effective very early warning smoke detection for compact areas like DCCs Russian Railways (Rossiyskie Zheleznye Dorogi or RZhD) owns and operates Russia's entire railroad system, annually carrying over 1 billion passengers. With over 85,000 Km of track and 1.2 billion tonnes of freight shipped annually, RZhD operates the third largest rail network in the world. RZhD has 12 main lines, many of which provide direct con...
Panasonic’s vandal proof dome camera technology will be used in combination with a thermal camera Trespass incidents on the railway network cost millions of pounds every year. Combining the industry expertise of AD Comms and the latest technology from Panasonic, the new automated system will help to prevent trespass incidents at known hot spots. Vandal proof dome camera technology with thermal camera Using Panasonic’s vandal proof dome camera technology in co...
Servest Security deliver manned guarding and mobile patrol services to the second phase of this high-profile project Servest Security, part of the Servest Group, has been chosen by the joint venture ATC (Alstom, TSO and Costain) as the guarding security provider for the final system-wide Crossrail project. Servest safeguards a high-profile project The four-year contract will see Servest Security deliver manned guarding and mobile patrol services to the second phase...
VIVOTEK’s IP network cameras were installed to cover the tunnels, platforms, and workshop areas Background: Tehran Metro – Connecting Tehran since 1999 Since 1999, The Tehran Metro has been making life more convenient and more pleasant for the people of Tehran and for visitors to this ancient city. Moving more than 2.5 million passengers daily, the Metro not only means easier transport for its customers, it has also greatly reduced congestion and pollution in the...
Moxa's ioPAC 8500 series of rugged, modular RTU controllers are an important part of the system The capacities of the new tram line in Suzhou City, China, which is 18 kilometres long and includes 27 controlled points (crossovers) needed to be lifted to the highest level of modern standards. Therefore, for design and deployment, the operator turned to Bombardier, who are well-known for their experience in signalling installation. The system was designed for controlling up...
Traka developed the access management system in which keys are permanently attached to an iFob Traka, the key and asset management specialist, has installed a smart access management system at one of the UK’s leading rail companies, Southeastern. The company covers 1,000 miles of railway infrastructure and carries around 570,000 passengers every weekday in the South East of England. The company serves commuter-belt Britain with 1,400 daily train journeys into London. To...
Ensuring passenger safety is the highest priority for management at Wroclaw Main Station, the rail hub of one of Poland's largest cities. So selection of a video management system was not a choice that they made lightly. Like other mass transport facilities, the station sees enormous passenger flows. This dictated some of the requirements that management had for any prospective surveillance solution: full camera coverage, precise video analytics, and integration of access control and fire/securi...
The federated nationwide video security monitoring system covers the whole Paris area and the 100 biggest cities in France. The SNCF video security system covers the whole Île-de-France area including the city of Paris. It has further expanded into the whole French covering area with a total of over 20 million inhabitants. Case in brief The SNCF system consists of over 13,000 cameras and more than 500 train stations interconnected in the same overall system. At the beginning, SNCF had i...
Attractive and safe Arrival and departure, welcome and farewell, staying and shopping – a train station is not just a traffic hub, a building or a site of transition. It is quite a complex operation designed to serve numerous interests, desires and functions. About 5,800 active train stations are located in Germany. Since Deutsche Bahn (DB, German Rail) was privatised in 1994, DB Station&Service AG has been in charge of operating the German train stations. In order to provide high-qua...
The project calls for SightSensor to be installed to monitor activities at a tunnel site under construction SightSensor video analytic thermal cameras from SightLogix have been deployed to increase security of the nation’s rail system for a major Class 1 railroad. The advanced video detection technology is being funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP). Funds are allocated to freight railroad carriers...
Panomera® uses several lenses with different focal distances, making it possible to monitor huge surface areas Trains of the South African public transport operator PRASA are serviced and prepared for their next deployment at the marshalling yards in Braamfontein and Wolmerton. To enable the best possible surveillance of the expansive grounds, which are sometimes partly hidden from view as well, the multifocal sensor technology Panomera® by Dallmeier is being used. Th...
The tranche of major contract wins is significant for Allegion, in terms of to work on the highly prestigious Crossrail project Allegion (formerly known as Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies) has beat off strong competition to secure contracts totalling £1.25 million, which will see the safety and security specialist provide 600 steel doorsets for Europe’s biggest construction project – Crossrail. Allegion has been appointed by Canary Wharf Constructio...
The project will see over 200 Sony HD-capable network cameras installed throughout the 16 train stations Sony has been selected to equip and install a video security solution capable of covering all of the stations operated by Tokyo’s New Transit Waterfront Line - the Yurikamome Line. The project, which is scheduled to be completed in January 2016, will see over 200 Sony HD-capable network cameras installed throughout the 16 train stations on the Yurikamome Line, all ma...
CTA, the second largest public transportation system in the United States, provides nearly two million rides every day. Since 2005, Teleste has helped the CTA build an IP video transmission, management, recording and storage system that allows operators to view and control cameras during daily operations and to respond quickly in the case of any type of emergency. As of today, the CTA system contains approximately 9600 cameras throughout the 146 station platforms, rail lines, garages, bri...
Sentry360 360-degree fisheye ultra HD cameras are integrated into the CTA’s existing video management system Sentry360, a USA-based manufacturer of advanced ultra HD surveillance cameras and systems, announced the successful deployment of the largest 360-degree surveillance camera system in mass transit history. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the nation’s second largest public transportation system, servicing the city of Chicago and 35 surrounding sub...
The project will see Servest Security provide unique mobile CCTV solutions, manned guarding, and mobile patrols Facilities management provider Servest Group has been chosen by Balfour Beatty as the security partner for the Plumstead to Abbeywood joint Network Rail and Crossrail project. The two-year project will see Servest Security provide unique mobile CCTV solutions, manned guarding, and mobile patrols to provide comprehensive security coverage to the two-mile route in sou...
Sentry360 cameras are integrated into the CTA's existing VMS platform, made by Teleste Corporation Sentry360, a USA-based manufacturer of advanced Ultra-HD surveillance cameras and systems, announced recently the successful deployment of the largest 360-degree surveillance camera system in mass transit history. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the nation's second largest public transportation system, servicing the city of Chicago and 35 surrounding suburbs. On an a...
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