Increasing overall security: Bosch supplies state-of-the-art video surveillance solutions to Metro SãoPaulo. Metro São Paulo, consisting of five different lines, 55 stations, and extending to over 60 kilometers of rail networks, was looking for a sophisticated electronic monitoring solution to increase the security of its passengers in a city where violence rates are very high.

In order to assure higher security levels, Metro SP decided to increase the number of cameras installed in a widely spread network of locations. In addition the customer wanted to introduce digital video recording technology which they had not been using before.

Metro São Paulo’s new monitoring system is equipped with a Bosch CCTV system including 138 cameras, whereof 121 are fixed and 17 are dome cameras. They are managed by ten DiBOS Digital Video Recorders and a BIS Video Engine. Built-in scripting and application programmer’s interface (APIs) allow easy enhancement with the existing monitoring system. The highly efficient video management system is monitored via the Security Control Center of the subway, which now serves as a model for transport monitoring in the region.

The Control Center monitors almost 200 cameras, using a ring gigabyte network. Two control posts are constantly monitoring the five metro lines via six monitors and two plasma screens. Using state of the art digital recording and communication technology. […]