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
INTERNATIONAL: ProMedia Group has acquired DVV Media International’s UK-based portfolio of rail, aviation, logistics and human resources publications and events, including the Railway Gazette Group.
UK: The rail sector has responded to the budget statement delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, which the Railway Industry Association said ’contained limited new measures affecting the railway industry and rail businesses’.
