Sydney Trains chooses smart video surveillance technology from Spanish multinational Indra

The international contract awarded to Spanish multinational Indra, value of 48,08 millions of euros, aims to modernize the video surveillance system of Australia's largest and most populous city rail network.

The Australian railway services entity in the city of Sydney (Australia) and its area of influence has awarded the Spanish multinational Indra the contract to modernize the video surveillance system, a project amounting to 69,9 millions of Australian dollars (A 48,08 millions of euros).

The project, Entrusted to Indra following an international competition to which more than thirty companies from around the world have performed and after passing a pilot, has an execution period of five years and includes three maintenance.

Indra to deploy its technology in two control centers, from which the entire video surveillance system will be managed through cctv (Cctv) network of more than 150 commuter stations, and will implement advanced software for its operation and control.

The Spanish multinational will replace 11.400 existing analog cameras currently available by IP cameras, that will be connected to the existing back-down network through a new network to be deployed to those stations. It will also supply the servers and storage equipment on which the images will be recorded for the time stipulated by the customer.

The new video surveillance system will incorporate all the advantages of IP technology, because by connecting the cameras directly to the computer networks of Sydney Trains, any user position can be used as a control console, from which to view images from any camera in real time and recover the recorded video.

Mobile devices connected to the network will also be able to access the video, so that any tablet or mobile phone will become a mobile console from which the security forces they are patrolling will be able to see the images, thus increasing its effectiveness.

Automatic incident detection

The software that Indra will implement in the project incorporates algorithms that continuously analyze the images of the cameras of the stations to automatically detect situations that pose a potential risk, such as the fall of a traveller to the tracks or the entry of unauthorized personnel into the tunnels, among others. The system also automatically generates an alarm, allowing action to be taken immediately, reducing response time.

In addition to having a modern video platform that incorporates new and greater features, the solution implemented by Indra will make it easier for the new IP-based video surveillance system to expand, something impossible today because of the limitations of analogue technology. Moreover, access to video from mobile devices will give the customer greater flexibility in managing their resources and the use of megapixel cameras will result in a substantial improvement in the quality of the video images.

This important reference in australia's rail sector also helps to consolidate Indra's presence in the country, growing and in which it already has significant activity in the air traffic control and defense markets, among others, with a Sydney headquarters and offices in Newcastle.

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