Northern Rail plays a vital role in the north of England by servicing a population of nearly 15 million people. With 4,900 employees and offering approximately 2500 local and regional train services every weekday, Northern Rail is the largest train operator in the UK. The company’s ability to maintain a safe environment for its customers and staff is undoubtedly of the highest priority. CCTV has for many years been utilised in support of ensuring that there is strict adherence to health and safety procedures, as well as to deter and detect anti-social behaviour, vandalism and other forms of criminal activity that may occur at any of the stations.
Roger Houldsworth, CCTV Technical Manager for Northern Rail, has recently overseen the installation by an in-house engineer of two sixteen channel Samsung Techwin SRD-1673D DVRs at Horwich Station, Lancashire. “We wanted to see if we could improve the playback image quality of video captured by all the cameras installed at the station, and to do so at a higher frame whilst maintaining the ability to store the recorded video for up to 31 days,” said Roger. “I am pleased to report that the SRD-1673Ds, which incorporate 960H technology and have 4TB of on-board storage capacity, have allowed us to effortlessly and cost-effectively achieve these objectives.”
