1 Jan 2018
“The Axis cameras have proved exactly the right fit for London Underground here at Canary Wharf station. As we move to 24-hour operation on London Underground stations in a few months’ time, reliability and ease of maintenance are all key operational requirements. Axis cameras have met all these needs and I anticipate they will be deployed in other Jubilee Line extension stations as they are upgraded over the next few years.” Dave Perry, Delivery Manager, Station Capital Expenditure, London Underground.
Mission
Canary Wharf Station needed a new CCTV system to
replace the ageing analogue-based system that was
approaching obsolescence after 17 years of use. Axis
partner Telent Technology Services was tasked with
upgrading the station’s CCTV system as part of its longterm
upgrade and maintenance contract with London
Underground’s 100 Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Line
stations.
Solution
Both Telent and London Underground conducted camera
performance tests with a number of the major camera
providers’ best IP cameras, before selecting AXIS P1354
Network Camera for its ability to integrate with both
legacy and new station management platforms, strong
performance in low light conditions and its existing pedigree
in the rail environment.
160 AXIS P1354 were deployed inside existing London
Underground-approved housings, while a further four
AXIS Q6035 PTZ Dome Network Cameras were installed
to provide additional coverage.
Result
Telent was able to complete the upgrade to IP video in
just eight weeks without any outage whatsoever.
Telent’s Station Management System, called MICA, was
simultaneously integrated into Canary Wharf’s existing
Station Information Management System (SIMS) to
enable a seamless migration. London Underground has
been very happy with the resulting improvements in
image quality and their positive implications for
passenger safety and security. It now has a highly
reliable IP video system that is easier to maintain,
enhance and integrate with other management systems
as operational requirements demand.
Axis cameras enhance passenger safety
and security right through the night
Canary Wharf Station, completed in 1998, is the largest
and arguably most magnificent of the Jubilee Line
extension stations which extended the Jubilee Line
from Green Park in central London out as far as Stratford
in East London.
Telent has already implemented its MICA SMS to
support an IP video upgrade of one of the UK’s major
Network Rail stations during 2012-3. As part of this
project, Axis Network Cameras had been successfully
deployed after Network Rail approved them for use in
its stations, the first IP camera manufacturer to achieve
this status.
A total of 164 new Axis cameras were installed as part
of the IP video upgrade at Canary Wharf Station. The
slim-line shape of the AXIS P1354 Network Camera
proved ideal for existing London Underground-approved
housings, which are considered an architectural feature
in this Norman Foster-designed station Their shape also
provided enough space within each housing to fit the
ruggedized, London Underground-approved, Veracity
HIGHWIRE LongStar Ethernet over Coax adapter so they
could transmit high quality video images over up to one
kilometre lengths of existing coaxial cabling infrastructure
through to Telent’s Station Management System
(SMS). A total of 160 AXIS P1354 Network Cameras
were deployed covering all platforms and concourses.
These were supplemented with four AXIS Q6035 PTZ
Dome Network Cameras to provide total coverage in all
underground public areas.
As part of the upgrade, Telent’s Station Management
System MICA was integrated with London Underground’s
existing Station Information Management
System (SIMS).
The intention was to minimise changes to the control
room operative’s on-screen experience while offering
the added IP CCTV control which MICA provided. MICA
was first developed by Telent over ten years ago and is
now deployed in more than 100 rail and underground
stations throughout the UK. At these stations, a MICA
system manages all communications associated with
Help Points, Customer Information Systems, SCADA
management systems, CCTV, Public Address and lifts
and escalators for station staff.
Dave Perry, Delivery Manager, Station Capital Expenditure
of London Underground, said: “The Axis cameras
give us a platform for cost-effective remote troubleshooting
and maintenance of all cameras. They were
easily integrated into existing station systems ensuring
that our operatives can easily find specific cameras on
the system and pull up the high quality video on-screen
in case of safety incidents. This fits with our ambition to
maintain a world-class rail system for a world-class
city.”
Paul Dobbins, Chief Technology Officer of Telent
Technology Services, added: “The AXIS P1354 camera
proved ideal for this installation both in terms of its
size; proven reliability for use in the highly regulated
and standards-focused world of rail. Crucially, this camera
also delivers high quality colour images in low light
conditions underground. Axis’ Network Rail approval
gave us the reassurance that we have the right camera
partner for this and future Jubilee Line extension IP
video upgrade projects. We are already installing new
Axis cameras in West Ham, North Greenwich and
Southwark, with London Bridge and other stations to
follow in the years ahead.
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