Sony security cameras help prevent vandalism on Italian railway lines

The national railway company of Italy has installed Sony SNC-EP550 cameras to monitor crossings on the railway lines of Milan and end the vandalism that they have been suffering for some time.

In the city of Milan there are around 400 railway crossings and, Approximately, 8.000 throughout Italy. For several months, There have been many incidents of vandalism on road barriers at railway crossings. Barriers could not be opened and closed in time and trains had to pass through crossings drastically reducing speed.. This has led to significant delays in regular train schedules and numerous complaints from passengers..

Before this situation, the Italian national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane decided to install a surveillance and lighting system that would automatically notify the local police of acts of vandalism and identify criminals.. The solution had to be able to monitor the entire scene on both sides of the barriers., as well as recording and storing data.

The System Integrator Owls AG was in charge of the project and chose Sony's SNC-EP550 network cameras to provide detailed surveillance at one of Milan's railway crossings. The cameras were integrated as part of a pilot installation at one of the most important and most vandalized crossings with the aim of extending the solution throughout the region..

In collaboration with the Owls solution, two SNC-EP550 720p cameras and 30 fps PTZ (turn, tilt and zoom) Sony monitor the scene from both sides of the barrier.

Hidden in two Athina LEDrofit48 street lamps, These teams work in conjunction with the software Cogvis arealVIS to enable automatic detection of people. Below, Images and videos are sent to a central station of the local police department, either via a LAN connection or a wireless variant.

The SNC-EP550 camera was chosen as part of the solution for its PTZ capability, that allows monitoring a wider field of view than fixed dome cameras, as well as obtaining better identification with high image quality. In addition, powering the camera with the same Ethernet cable used for data transfer (hPoE) Reduces both infrastructure costs and deployment time.

After the success of the pilot projector, Sony and Owls' solution will be extended to other junctions in the Milan area and other areas of Italy. The problem of vandalism at railway crossings is international and the solution could also be applied in other countries.

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