Teleste Corporation reveals that its S-AWARE® platform has been selected by Helsinki City Transport (?Helsingin kaupungin liikenneliikelaitos?) to drive improved situational awareness and safer traveling across the Helsinki metro system.
The deployment of the platform will be started in 2019 and the project will be carried out in several phases and be completed by the end of the year 2020. The total value of the deployment will be more than two million euros.
?We are delighted to expand our long-term cooperation with Helsinki City Transport on developing smart and safe public transport in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The rapidly growing urbanization challenges public transport operators throughout the world to find solutions that can provide enhanced operational control and tools to increase safety in public places.
Adding situational awareness through intelligent public transport systems is one of the key methods the operators can use to reach the target,? stated Esa Harju, Head of Teleste?s Video Security and Information Business unit.
During recent years, the Helsinki Metro has undergone several upgrades and major extensions. Today, it includes more than 20 stations in Helsinki and its neighboring cities and serves the capital region of Finland with hundreds of thousands of daily rides. Every year, over 80 million passengers and commuters enjoy traveling in the system, which forms the northernmost metro in the world.
Keeping the safety and security of the passengers and the entire metro system in mind, Helsinki City Transport is adopting Teleste?s S-AWARE platform to develop their response capabilities and to ensure a high service level, e.g., during possible security failures, alerts and states of emergency, as well as in other complex or critical situations.
?Helsinki Metro is being developed to bring seamless mobility to the growing metropolitan area. At Helsinki City Transport, our mission is to continue building an increasingly effective and highly functional metro system that provides a safe and attractive traveling experience for our customers in their everyday life? told Ville Lehmuskoski, CEO,
Source: teleste.com