Starting Thursday, there is someone watch­i­ng/monitoring everyone’s movement anywhe­re at Chennai Central 24/7.

Taking security and passenger safety to the next level, Southern Rail­way (SR) on Thursday launched its first ever Integrated Security System (ISS) at Chennai Central and Egmore.

General manager of Southern Railway A. K. Mittal formally launched the Rs 41.6 crore ISS covering 14 stations at Central on Thursday morning.

The modern security system, which is aimed at plugging the loopholes in security at railway junctions laid threadbare after 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will also be installed at other major stations like Thiruv­a­nant­­hapuram central, Ernakulam junction, Ma­du­rai junction, Coimba­t­ore junction, Kozhikode, Mangalore and the suburban stations like Che­nnai Beach, Mambalam, Tambaram, Basin Bridge and Tiruvallur.

The RDSO specified ISS will comprise sub-systems like CCTV surveillance system with IP based cameras numbering around 625, under-vehicle scanning system (UVSS) for entries and exits at nine major stations, 295 personal and X-ray baggage screening system besides explosive detection and disposal squad at all major stations. The sub-system will be integrated by networking and monitored at the centralised control rooms.

Existing CCTV network of suburban platforms (Moore Market Comp­lex) has also been integrated to this system. Chennai Central alone will have 54 cameras un­d­er ISS.

The CCTV surveillance system has fac­ility to record and play back, store video data for 30 days and video analytics like intrusion detection, left object detection and overcrowding that further increase security agencies efficiency in tracking movement of anti-social elements.

Also, the UVSS has facilities to monitor, capture and record under carriage images of vehicles in motion besides capturing the image of a vehicle’s driver and vehicle number plate recognition system.

The new ISS has been installed to crackdown on anti-social activities, whose presence affects passenger security and safety.

Six s­pecial trains for Sabarimala

Six weekly super fast special trains would be operated from Chennai Cent­ral to clear extra during special Sabarimala season. Advance reservation for the trains would commence on November 16.

Train No: 06001would leave Chennai Central at 3.15pm on Mondays from November 19 to January 21, 2013 and reach Kollam at 5.30am on Tuesdays.

Train no: 06002 would lea­ve Kollam at 11.15am on Tuesdays from Novem­ber 20 to January 22, 2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 3.30 am on Wednesdays.

Train No: 06005 wou­ld leave Chennai Central at 3.15 hrs on Fridays fro­m November 23 to Janu­ary 18, 2013 and arrive at Ko­llam at 5.30am on Sat­u­rdays.

Train No: 06006 wo­­u­­­­ld leave Kollam at 11.15am on Saturdays fro­m November 24 to Jan­u­ar­y 19, 2013 and arrive Che­n­nai Central at 3.30 am on Sundays.

Train No: 06007 will lea­ve Chennai Central at 10.30pm on Sundays from November 25 to January 20, 2013 and reach Kollam at 3.30pm on Mondays.

Tr­­a­­in No: 06008 will leave Ko­l­lam at 9.15pm on Mondays from November 26 to January 21, 2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 12.50 hrs on Tuesdays.

Train No: 06009 will lea­v­e Chennai Central at 5.35 pm on Tuesdays from No­v­ember 27 to January 15, 2013 and arrive at Ko­l­l­am ­at 9.10am on Wed­n­es­d­a­ys.

Train No: 06010 will leave Kollam at 11.15am on We­d­nesdays from Nov­e­m­ber 28 to January 16, 2013 and arrive Chennai Cen­tral at 3.30am on Thursdays.

Train No: 06003 will lea­ve Chennai Central at 5.40 pm on Thursdays from Nov­ember 22 to January 17, 2013 and reach Kollam at 9.10am on Fridays. Train No: 06004 will leave Ko­llam at 11.15am on Fri­d­ays from November 23 to Jan­uary 18, 2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 3.30am on Saturdays.

Train No: 06011 will leave Ernakulam Juncti­o­n at 5pm on Thursdays fr­o­m November 22 to Ja­n­u­a­ry 17, 2013 and arrive at Che­nnai Central at 5.15 am on Fridays.

Train No: 06012 will leave Chennai Ce­ntral at 9pm on Fridays from November 23 to Jan­u­ary 18, 2013 and arrive Ernakulam Jn. at 8.15am on Saturdays. Few trains wo­uld be temporarily sto­p­p­ed at at Tiruvalla during the season. ­