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.