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‘Rail passengers do not expect to have to turn up at a station hours in advance in order to catch a train’
images with all the functions and features of airport style baggage machines. This final point is important. The context,
true portability is crucial. The scanning equipment can then be manoeuvred between different areas of the site in question, acting as a deterrent within every portion of the building, sending out the message that ‘nowhere is exempt from detection’. In airports, screening is carried out by dedicated staff whose only function is baggage security, in
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a railway station, the scans are more likely to be conducted by police or other operatives for whom x-ray screening is only a part of their role. The scanner must, therefore, be quick and simple to use and the scans easy to analyse. The last priority is image quality. Despite the need for portability, a scanner at stations must still deliver high quality
location and deployment may differ wildly, but ultimately x-ray screening at train stations should not deliver anything less than the quality that can be expected in airports. As I have explained to make random screening at train stations a real deterrent against terrorism, the system has to be flexible depending on the needs of the location. However, a fully implemented national network of portable, flexible x-ray screening systems in operation at all major transport hubs would present a major deterrent and challenge to individuals wishing to cause harm.
Vince Deery is the sales and marketing director of 3DX-ray, a company that has developed portable x-ray screening equipment.
19 years’ experience in railway operations and train control systems for
main line and light rail When he’s not busy working for Interfleet he likes to relax by studying the origins of the universe
Matt Phillips
Head of Business Development, Advanced Rail Control Systems
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