Automated scanners soon for vehicles at Central station

Automated scanners soon for vehicles at Central station

Manual checking of vehicles would come to an end soon at the Chennai Central Railway Station as the Southern Railway is installing under-vehicle scanning system (UVSS) at its premises. The move is aimed at avoiding unnecessary frisking of passengers.

“As the Central Railway station has too limited a space to carry out an elaborate checking of vehicles , such an automated scanning system would end the waiting period for these vehicles,” said police sources.

The scanner would record under-the-carriage images of vehicles in motion.

It is equipped with a number plate recognition system. UVSS is a part of the Integrated Security System (ISS). Some of the constituent devices of ISS that would be installed are CCTV surveillance cameras, x-ray baggage screening devices, explosives detection devices, vapour-trace detector for vapour sampling and car remote opening tools.