GTT

In January 2003, GTT (Turin Transport Group) was created through the merger of ATM and SATT. GTT transports 190 million passengers per year, has a staff of approximately 5,200 people and achieves an annual turnover of € 356 million. GTT manages close to 4,000 km of public transportation routes each day. GTT’s mission is to be the leading supplier of mobility services, by virtue of competitive provision of both quality and cost. They always operate in an environmentally considerate way, in order to improve the social and economic development of the region.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

In 2004, GTT began construction of a new subway line. The first section connected the town of Collegno to the Porta Nuova station of Turin. The second section will connect the town of Turin with the Lingotto Fair centre. The entire project is scheduled for completion by 2011. For these new subway lines, they needed a video surveillance system that allowed its security department to have a clear overview of what was happening on the subway lines and in its subway stations at all times, on all locations.

UTCFS’s solution

UTCFS proposed the VisioWave video surveillance system, which is based on flexible and modular digital video equipment for security applications over ethernet networks. Customer expectations were met using optimal encoding/decoding equipment specifically designed for harsh industrial environments. The 300+ cameras that were installed at that time were connected using the VisioWave encoding/decoding devices, allowing GTT’s security management to operate the system over an IP connection. Consequently, it became possible to monitor the image streams both locally and centrally. The VisioWave equipment also allows extensive analysis of images using video analytics, thus helping security personnel even more to document any event. Another advantage of this system is that it is fully scalable, so possible future extensions to the video surveillance network can easily be integrated into the system. GTT now has the video surveillance system it required and consequently created a safer environment for the subway passengers and its personnel.