Teltronic’s TETRA system deployed in Sydney Metro wins award at ICCAs

Commuters travelling from Kellyville Station - servicing one of Sydney’s residential growth areas - will arrive at Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD in only 44 minutes and Wynyard in 53 minutes. Kellyville Station, part of Sydney Metro’s Northwest alignment, will have the biggest commuter car park of all the metro stations with 1200 parking spaces available.

“TETRA communications for metro trains in Sydney”, project developed by Teltronic together with its Australian Partner, MCS Digital, was awarded as the Best Use of Critical Communications in Transport during the International Critical Communications Awards, the most prestigious awards in the field of critical communications worldwide.

The project involved the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and validation services for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Radio System delivering mission critical voice and data for the Australia’s largest public transport project.

The scope of the deployment includes TETRA radio system providing coverage to the full 36km rail corridor, Control centre solution, on-board radios and handheld terminals, and the integration to 7 different interfacing systems including station PA, onboard PA, Passenger Emergency Intercom and signalling system.