A total of 568 cámaras de seguridad vigilarán el Metro de Málaga

Casi 600 ojos tendrá el Metro de Málaga para ver todo lo que ocurra en el interior de los túneles del suburbano. Tantos como cámaras estarán instaladas en todas y cada una de las estaciones subterráneas del ferrocarril urbano y en las 14 unidades de trenes que, una vez culminada en su integridad la infraestructura, recorrerán los casi 14 kilómetros de red de los que estará dotada la capital de la Costa del Sol.

El Metro de Málaga contará con más de 400 cámaras de seguridad instaladas en las estaciones que componen el trazado de las dos líneas del suburbano malagueño, a las que se suman las 12 de las que dispondrán cada unidad de tren: dos en los frontales, four on the sides and six inside the train itself, which means the addition of a total of 168 more cameras.

To determine the technical suitability of the camera arrangement, video surveillance tests have been carried out at Puerta Blanca station, part of the 2 (Palacio de los Deportes-La Isla) line of the metropolitan railway, in coordination with members of the National Police Corps. The tests have served, besides, to check the operation of the closed-circuit television system (CCTV), which includes recorders, viewing stations, cameras and cabling.

The implementation of these trials has been carried out after incorporating a series of improvements observed as a result of the technical meeting held at the end of last year between Metro de Málaga, the Public Works Agency of the Junta de Andalucía and the National Police. Through the carrying out of these tests the Police will be able to issue an assessment of the security system that will be installed in all the stations that make up the metro network, infrastructure promoted by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

Recording and viewing

The operation of the system distinguishes between recording and viewing, functions that are performed independently and from different stations. Each of the stations will have a recorder that will store the images for 30 days, a period after which they will be automatically deleted, salvo que haya que almacenarlas para que sean utilizadas por la Policía o por requerimiento judicial. Todos los grabadores están conectados entre sí y con el puesto de control central, desde donde se gestionará el servicio de metro en tiempo real. En caso de que fallara el grabador de alguna de las estaciones, las imágenes se transmitirán automáticamente a cualquiera de las estaciones colindantes.

Besides, cada estación poseerá un puesto de visualización de imágenes, lo que permitirá que se pueda acceder a ellas tanto en directo como de forma almacenada desde cualquier punto de la red del metro. For your part, The Los Asperones checkpoint will have a replay room that will be available to the State Security Forces and Corps.

The system chosen for monitoring the security of the infrastructure will have three types of cameras with different resolutions: of 2,1 megapixels for public areas and for station access points, of 1,3 for outdoors focusing on the elevators and on 0,5 for restricted access areas.

The cameras are IP technology and have centralized connection to the communication room within the station itself. They are fixed type cameras, capable of performing digital zoom on the live view or on recorded footage. The Puerta Blanca station will have a total of 27 cameras, of which 18 they will be placed in public areas and at station entrances, six in areas with restricted access to the public and three inside the elevators.

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