Videalart has developed 'bolt-on' technology for CCTV networks which the London-based company says can convert cameras 'from passive observers to intelligent overseers'. Pre-programmed threat-specific rules enable the automatic detection of unauthorised movement and abandoned objects at stations and other locations. Videalert, UK
RUF Telematik has recently begun a programme to install 5 000 Axis 209MFD digital CCTV cameras on SBB's double-deck Zürich S-Bahn fleet by 2009. Power over ethernet means that only a single cable is required, while the compact 40 mm camera size allows installation on walls and ceilings. Axis Communications, Sweden
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
UK: ‘We in the rail sector must be objective and honest about what we are good at’, Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines told a conference in Birmingham on October 3, as he reflected on how the industry can plot its way through the uncertainty of the post-Covid period.
EUROPE: Senior figures from across the UK rail sector came together at the Rail Partners with Ukraine event to hear how national railway Ukrzaliznytsia is keeping trains running under wartime conditions, and to raise money to fund food parcels for Ukrainian railway workers and their families. ...
