200204 – Badger, Bhattacharjee & Musicki – Passenger Security System for State Rail Authority of New South Wales

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.

The Contract comprised the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a CCTV, Help Point and Video Recording System. This is being delivered in two stages, to create the world’s largest integrated surveillance and security system for rail infrastructure. This paper
addresses both stages.