Railway security - Case studies

Trüb’s SwissPass is a smart card with an integrated chip, which stores the customer’s ID number As the mandated authority for the public transport sector, the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) has awarded Trüb AG the contract for the production and personalisation of the new "SwissPass". The SwissPass is a smart card with an integrated chip, which stores the customer’s ID number. When the customers hold their SwissPass up to the reader of a ticket collec...

 Strategically installed LILIN cameras at blind spots & access points provide extra visual security to deter vandalism or theft Based upon the current statistics, roughly 80% of the criminal acts at shopping centres and business offices occur in the parking lot. Therefore, Banqiao train station, relocated in 1999 in Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan, recently took the necessary measure and upgraded its 3-story indoor parking facility video surveillance system to an IP...

Samsung Techwin’s 960H technology offers an instant upgrade in the resolution of the live or recorded video Northern Rail plays a vital role in the north of England by servicing a population of nearly 15 million people. With 4,900 employees and offering approximately 2500 local and regional train services every weekday, Northern Rail is the largest train operator in the UK. The company’s ability to maintain a safe environment for its customers and staff is undoubte...

Verint's Nextiva VMS offers policy-based video distribution, networked video viewing and investigation management Verint® Systems Inc. recently announced that Metro Transit Police Department, part of Metro Transit in Minneapolis/St. Paul, is extending its investment in Verint technology, standardising key parts of its transportation technology platform with Nextiva® Video Management Software™ (VMS) for the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (CCLRT) Project. Movi...

This new monorail will be watched over for security with the installation of 224 LILIN IPD6222ES4.3 IP cameras LILIN has been selected as the security camera provider of choice for the third rail line being built in Daegu, South Korea. This new bidirectional monorail, constructed by Hitachi, will be watched over for both security and safety, with the installation of 224 LILIN IPD6222ES4.3 vandal-proof IP mini dome cameras. The fleet includes 28 trains, and each will feature 8...

IndigoVision ‘s  Brazilian partner Setha Prosegur worked with MetroRio to create the surveillance system MetrôRio, Rio de Janeiro’s metro system, has chosen IndigoVision to supply a complete IP video security solution to protect the 700,000 people who travel daily on its network and to allow for future expansion of the metro service. IndigoVision won the contract to replace MetrôRio’s ageing analogue surveillance system because of the superi...

The NICE Solutions that have been deployed at Lima Metro include NiceVision, NiceLog and NICE Inform NICE Systems recently announced that Lima’s electric train authority, Autoridad Autónoma Tren Electrico (AATE), has implemented NICE’s integrated security solutions at Lima Metro, the new mass transit system for Lima, Peru, which is the fifth largest city in Latin America. Serving millions of passengers monthly, Lima Metro is using the NICE solutions portfoli...

Bosch cameras provide surveillance footage at St. Pancras International station Bosch Security Systems is helping to ensure London stays safe and sound this summer as hundreds of thousands of additional people visit the city. Its security and communication systems are watching over key travel networks and providing information to passengers. On Eurostar services that run through to St Pancras International station in London, Bosch cameras are providing uninterrupted surveilla...

Network Rail was keen to improve the overall coverage Reading train station is set to become the first station in the UK to benefit from HD TV quality IP-based surveillance. Network Rail has awarded Certificates of Acceptance to a range of IP cameras from Axis Communications to significantly improve coverage at the station and provide a safer environment for rail staff and customers. Reading station's new IP-based CCTV surveillance system is currently being rolled out as part...

Taipei Metro deployed Vivotek MD7560 network cameras Background Public safety, incident management, risk reduction and access to clear evidence - today’s transit authorities face many challenges. Metro systems are commonly deployed in cities, urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas to transport large numbers of people at high frequency. Some of the busiest metro systems in the world, just to name a few, include New York City Subway, Shanghai Metro, London Undergroun...

 IndigoVision's security monitoring system covers 48 stationsPassengers on the Santiago Metro system can travel more safely to their destinations due to a new security monitoring system from IndigoVision.More than two million passengers a day travel on the Santiago metro, the backbone of the Chilean capital's public transport system. Metro system management was keen to ensure the security of passengers - both in the sense of safer travel and reduced crime - and worked with IndigoVision part...

VRS is working with Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP) to secure this 45-mile routeCable theft is endemic worldwide within transport infrastructure due to soaring copper prices, and the London Assembly has recently called for cash payments for scrap metal to be outlawed. In August 2010, a single incident of line-side cable theft on the Great Western main line near Reading (within the Thames Valley Area) caused 8,000 delay minutes to passengers and cost the industry around £1....

A key element of the testing was to ensure that the SCV-2010F could withstand extreme vibrationsThe Samsung SCV-2010F compact flat vandal resistant dome camera has been approved for use by the European railway industry. Testing house SGS Korea Co Ltd, has issued a certificate which confirms that the SCV-2010F complies with the EN-50155 standard and as such is able to operate reliably when subject to the rigorous conditions which can occur on board trains. A key element of the tes...

 Sicura Systems has provided their video and data management suite to Network Rail depot in Reading, BerkshireSicura Systems are supplying their intelligent video and data management suite in combination with a fully-redundant video wall to a Network Rail depot in Reading, Berkshire. The installation is facilitating wide-area surveillance of both unauthorised and legitimate track-based movements from a series of dual optical/thermal cameras on two-mile stretches either side of the depot, th...

  The Conway housings and Bosch cameras are being used for monitoring of passenger flow and volume Conway Security Products are supplying their vandal-resistant ceiling and wall-mounted camera housings to the Dutch railway network, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), for use at underground and overland stations across large areas of Holland. Stations already fitted with the equipment include hubs such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven and Breda. Conway's units were specified an...

  Among the technologies installed is the PLENA range of Public Address/Voice Alarm technologies An entire portfolio of technologies from Bosch Security Systems - including the PLENA range of Public Address/Voice Alarm (PA/VA) technology - is being installed at the new Stobart Rail operated railway station at Stobart Group's London Southend Airport to protect the safety and security of passengers and staff. The station and airport, which was acquired by the famous transpor...

Hikvision's DS-2CD762MF-FB (H) cameras delivered images with tremendous resolutionAs an important financial, commercial, and transportation center of Germany, Frankfurt takes great pride in the city's overall infrastructure improvement. While advanced transportation systems are trademarks of the city's foresight, the implementation of a comprehensive solution for all of its 31 underground stations and 16 light rail transit stations - with the later completely located upon the unforgiving German...

  St Pancras station has been refurbished and secured with Alpro's access control keypadsAccess control keypads from Alpro Architectural Hardware have been used at Saint Pancras International Station in London as part of security upgrades during the largest rail refurbishment project in the UK for a century. The Alpro keypad has an ingress protection rating of IP68 and its design has proved robust in a demanding environment by providing protection against airborne contaminants includin...

 Nuremberg railway station in Germany is now well equipped with video surveillance cameras all over the premisesHikvision's 1.3 megapixel vandal-resistant dome cameras are being used at Nuremberg railway station in Germany, the largest railway station in northern Bavaria which currently receives 130,000 passengers every weekday. The cameras are allowing station management to protect travellers and provide them with context-sensitive information.As part of continuing improvements in customer...

 New Barix Annuncicom 155 to be displayed at Inntrans show 2010 in Berlin Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio transmission, intercom, control and monitoring, announced that Montreux-Oberland-Bernois Railways in Switzerland will become the first customer of the new Barix Annuncicom 155, a networked Audio over IP device specially designed for harsh everyday operation on railways, buses and ships. Barix partner Railtec Systems GmbH will exhibit a new panorama carriage with the device...

TMB found the Siqura i-NVR to be the best recorder for the job A sweeter side to surveillance?It's safe to say that video surveillance systems have changed the face of city life. Rumour has it that you can't walk down a single street in London nowadays without being on somebody's CCTV camera. Yet despite jokes and jabs at the idea of an ever omnipresent "Big Brother" or the decline of privacy rights, the video networks installed in many a metropolis have nothing to do with cur...

 The Finnish Transport Agency intends to build one of the world's most advanced distributed IP-CCTV systemsThe Finnish Transport Agency for Rail, Maritime and Road Administration, has announced that the pilot project for evaluating an advanced IP-based surveillance system for 11 train stations, was awarded to IndigoVision's Authorised Finnish Partner, Taitotekniikka (Kauppahuone Taito Oy).The pilot project, which will start this spring, will cover some 12 sites, of which 11 are rail st...