Large-format, high-resolution display provides critical information to new Sydney Trains control center

This new control center merges the six locations that were being used until then to monitor Sydney Trains operations.. The Led screen that has been installed belongs to the Performance series of 1,6 mm, stomach 32×3,6 meters and incorporates 41 million pixels.

The new railway operations center (ROC) de Sydney Trains, which is almost finished, It has a control room in which a large-format LED screen with a large number of pixels has been installed.. A team that will serve to supervise the 178 stations on the Sydney Trains railway network.

This screen was designed and installed by NanoLumens, together with Australian integrator Critical Room Solutions (CRS) and the consultant Digital Place Solutions (DPS). Belonging to the Performance series of 1,6 mm mide 32×3,6 meters and incorporates 41 million pixels, which according to its manufacturer represents the largest number of processors installed in an LED screen.

“Due to the long life of the components, the low maintenance and cost of ownership as well as the small amount of space it consumes, We believe that fine pixel pitch LED display technology is the future for control rooms., and NanoLumens has a product and a team capable of delivering what is needed in this environment”, explains John Kimenkowski, CRS technical supervisor.

Super fine resolution design provides a full screen area of ​​19,200×2.160 pixels, equivalent to 20 native Full HD resolution windows or 5 4K resolution windows, and without needing to climb.

The new ROC is located near the Green Square station in Alexandria, a suburb within the city of Sydney. The NanoLumens screen adapts to the futuristic design of this new center, and is essential to allow Sydney Trains controllers to control the entire rail system, controlling the trains, tunnels and platforms to offer a safe and reliable journey. Overall length is suspended for easy viewing by drivers, weighs about 6.900 kilos and creates a feeling of open space.

According to Tony Eid, Sydney Trains CEO, the new railway operations center is more than bricks and mortar, “It is a symbol of how we operate trains and provide real-time information to improve the customer experience.”. For the first time in our history, we have managed to bring together and consolidate multiple control centers in a single location”.

The consolidation of six different locations that were being used to monitor the entire operation of Sydney Trains to one central location in the ROC will change the way the rail system manages daily operations.

“The OVDS screen (Operational Visual Display Screen) plays a key role in providing real-time information to the control center to make decisions about train operations, incident and customer management.The OVDS, now dubbed WOW board, due to his size and height, It is the first of its kind used in Australian control centers”, Eid continues.

This control room houses about a hundred employees. "Essentially, It is like a command and control center for NASA and operates the 24 hours, los 365 days of the year and this screen provides critical information about the railways”, explained Gerry Thorley, co-founder of DPS.

Work is steadily progressing at the Sydney Trains ROC facility as the project moves closer to opening in 2019. However, The commissioning of the new visualization facilities by CRS in the new control center is already running smoothly, largely thanks to a record level NanoLumens LED display.