In November 1987, a devastating fire took hold at King’s Cross Underground Station. In response to the tragedy, London Underground Ltd (LUL) ensured that installation of voice alarm across all 130+ stations was given high priority.
The £1.2m contract included the required integration of over 8,000 field devices across 16 subsystems including CCTV, BMS, network switches, Passenger Help Points, ASL-supplied Long Line Public Address and Voice Alarm, Access Control, Passenger Information Systems (PIS), vehicle barriers and PABX.
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) required a PAVA system for their network which serves central and east London including Lewisham, Tower Gateway, Bank, London City Airport, and the financial district of Canary Wharf. The Public Address and Voice Alarm (PAVA) system was required to integrate with an existing signalling system and the operational control centres…
The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) railway line in Malaysia was the first of three new lines planned to serve the Greater Kuala Lumpur area, with 31 stations serving a population of 1.2 million. The 51km-long line required a multi-node distributed Passenger Information Display System (PIDS) to display live train information, synchronised PA/PIDS messages, images and logos, safety messages and billable advertising. This was also required to integrate with the Public Address Voice Alarm (PAVA) equipment, so that screens located on the station platforms would display emergency information and wayfinding in the event of an emergency.