Holmestrand train station is a station engineered into the mountainside of the Holmestrand municipality along a tunnel 12km in length. The client needed a PAVA system for train station. It had to deliver high STI levels in challenging, highly reverberant environments. The system also needed to offer proven reliability and performance without compromising full EN 54 compliance.
Public Address System for Scotland’s Railways
Zenitel delivered a Long Line IP-based Monitored Public Address system to railway stations throughout Scotland, combined with a centralised control system to help provide effective remote monitoring and control of ScotRail’s sites.
Long Line Public Address system on Scotland’s Railway
The Requirement
Zenitel is a leading global manufacturer of Railways Public Address systems (PA systems) and passenger information systems, designed for train and metro stations.
Each year, ScotRail serves over 90 million passenger journeys, and that number is forecast to increase in the future. To cope with this demand, it is essential that all PAVA technology is reliable and long-lasting.
Zenitel’s public address system railways' design and implementation philosophy ensures this is the case, which explains the thriving relationship between the companies.
The Solution
To ensure reliable communications across all stations, Zenitel provided each station with its own iPAM400 IP Amplifier Mainframe. These fanless 2U amplifiers provide a stand-alone single-box solution of amplification, loudspeaker line monitoring, routing and of course IP connectivity.
This technology from Zenitel interfaces seamlessly with the lines’ existing Passenger Information Systems (PIS), delivering scheduled, synchronized audio and visual announcements across all stations, significantly streamlining and automating operations.
Similarly, each line was equipped with an iVENCS Long Line PA Control System. This enables ScotRail operators to broadcast live to the PA systems at every station, as well as delivering scheduled information. The iVENCS system provides a detailed 2D Graphical User Interface (GUI) which consists of a top-down overview map of the entire networked system.
This intuitive display makes it easy to broadcast to any individual station or groups of stations, to access specific event logs and data for each location, and of course to monitor any faults remotely.
The Result
Over the years, Zenitel has worked closely with ScotRail to deliver an extensive LLPA system that connects and centralises 241 stations under their jurisdiction. They are currently integrating a further thirty-four stations to this network with the forthcoming Ayrshire line. With their enhanced overview of the network ScotRail can more effectively manage their resources and protect the company’s investment while reducing all upfront, installation and future running costs.
Overall, Zenitel's railways Public Address System and products guarantee system stability as well as exceptional audio and video quality, ensuring client satisfaction.
Key Information
Zenitel Solutions
Public Address and Voice Alarm
Key Products
iPAM, iVENCS
Key Technology
IP over the low bandwidth / Long Line PA
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