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Alexander Badger BE (Hons) EE,
Shubroto Bhattacharjee B Tech (Hons) EE, DMM, MIEAust
Darko Musicki PhD

Engineering Design Group, Tyco Integrated Systems Rydalmere NSW Australia

In late 1998 the CityRail Division of the State Rail Authority (SRA) of New South Wales embarked on the Safe Stations Program to improve the safety and security of passengers at 302 CityRail stations of the Sydney metropolitan commuter network. Improved lighting on all stations complemented the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance, with local monitoring at 220 manned Stations. The Stations were to be placed in 17 Groups. Remote monitoring was, accordingly, planned from 17 Group Remote Monitoring Locations (GRMLs) and a central security control centre (Central GRML, or CGRML); the latter had all Stations in its domain.