Zandar CCTV installation on Long Island Rail Road in US

Story link: Zandar CCTV installation on Long Island Rail Road in US by Lin Freestone

A $1.3m CCTV system has been installed at Syosset station on the Long Island Rail Road in New York to improve passenger safety and reduce the risk of accidents. Three Predator VC12 MultiViewers from Zandar Technologies are improving passenger safety.

Prior to the installation of the system, there was an unacceptably high number of injuries to passengers at Syosset station, caused by people falling through the gap between the train and the platform. Some gap will always be necessary to ensure the smooth running of trains, and the new installation will enable staff to see any problem that occurs and not make it worse by moving the train.

Each of the station’s two platforms has been fitted with 12 CCTV cameras and three 46-inch LCD flat-screen monitors which receive the camera feeds. The monitors are positioned so that at least one will be visible to the head conductor of each train, who is in the second or fourth car, depending on the length of the train and the direction it is heading.

With the help of the MultiViewers, each monitor can display any of the 12 views of that side of the station. This gives conductors an unobstructed view of the length of the train as it runs around Syosset station’s unusual curve. One MultiViewer is used for each platform, with the third on standby as a backup.

Zandar’s Predator VC12 processes up to 12 full-motion composite video sources in real time for both confidence and quality monitoring purposes. Each unit can also be expanded to add a combination of 2-4 video or computer inputs. It includes Zandar’s ZdH Dual Head capability and Z-Configurator control software as standard. The product has been working 24-7 since installation.