REGISTER

Trevor Moore B.E. (Elec), MBA, FIRSE, FIE(Aust)

Director Endeavour Management & Engineering Pty Ltd Project Director TOMS, State Rail Authority IT & T

The CityRail Division of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales in late 1998 embarked on the Safe Station Program to improve the safety and security of passengers at 302 CityRail stations. This included the provision of improved lighting on all stations and the installation of closed Circuit Television on all stations. The CCTV to be monitored from 17 regional security control centres and a central security control centre.

The Philips Projects Division was awarded the contract for the CCTV system in late 1998. In 2000 Philips sold the Projects Division to Tyco Integrated Systems who have continued to undertake the contract for Philips. There is also a long term maintenance contract.

Following a technical performance problem with one of the CCTV products, the installation works were separated into three stages. The first stage covered the installation and commissioning of cameras and 2 frames per second recording at 70 stations critical for the Olympic Games. This work was completed by the end on August 2000. This included remote viewing of these cameras from 9 regional security control centres. The second stage was the installation of cameras at the remaining 232 stations and 8 regional security control centres. The third stage is the implementation of 25 frames per second recording and remote viewing, installation of help points and long line PA.