The London Southend Airport and rail station, which were acquired by the transport and logistics group Stobart in 2008, feature the Bosch range of Projection Speakers and Metal Cabinet Speakers to ensure effective communications with passengers, whose numbers are expected to rise to more than two million by 2020. The site is also benefitting from a surveillance system which includes the first installation of its new digital hybrid recorder.
The London Southend Airport and adjacent rail station, which were acquired by the transport and logistics group Stobart in 2008, feature the Bosch range of projection speakers and metal cabinet speakers to ensure effective communications with passengers, whose numbers are expected to rise to more than two million by 2020. The site is also benefitting from a surveillance system which includes the first installation of its new digital hybrid recorder.
An entire portfolio of technologies from Bosch Security Systems, including the public address/voice alarm technology, is being installed at the new Stobart Rail-operated railway station at Stobart Group's Southend Airport, to protect the safety and security of passengers and staff.
Project manager Birse Rail appointed Dacs Rail as electrical engineer on the project, who in turn appointed Max Electronic Systems to design and install a safety and security system that was fit for purpose today, but that could be relied upon to still be operating efficiently in the future.
For that reason, Bill Anderson, MD of Max, turned to Bosch: “When Stobart first purchased the site, it was obvious that security would be paramount,” he says. “This major new gateway for the South East now has a security and communications solution that is at the cutting edge and will be further upgraded as technology advances.
The railway station has been expanded as a direct result of plans to upgrade London Southend to handle larger aircraft,and therefore more passengers, requiring the highest specification CCTV.
At the heart of the CCTV system are 20 low-light cameras, 15 day/night cameras, three video interconnect portals and three LCD monitors. It is also the first site in the UK to use the new DHR technology.
In terms of delivering the messages and audio throughout the station, Bill opted for the flexible but entirely scalable Plena Controller which forms part of the public address communication family, including a remote control panel and zonal microphones. The railway station is also covered by Bosch Speakers, with Projection speakers located upon the platforms and Cabinet speakers within the waiting areas.
The Bosch hybrid recorder is a highly scalable system recorder for medium to large applications. It is a realtime 4-CIF embedded recorder, available in hybrid (analog/ IP) and IP-only versions and utilizes state-of-the-art H.264 compression to deliver bit rates that are up to 30% lower than conventional MPEG-4 based recorders.