Swedish transport operator goes with Sepura TETRA

Swedish Radio Supply AB (SRS), Sepura’s partner in Sweden, has been awarded the contract for the deployment of Sepura TETRA radios to Värmlandstrafik, the main public transport organisation for the Värmland region in western Sweden.

In 2012, Värmlandstrafik started the migration of its legacy communication system to Rakel, Sweden’s nationwide public safety TETRA network. Värmlandstrafik chose Rakel, which was already widely deployed in the region, for its audio quality and the vital role that communication plays in the management of efficient and reliable public transport systems.

Värmlandstrafik has deployed over 200 Sepura SRG3900 mobile and STP8000 hand-portable TETRA radios. The mobiles have been installed in all of Värmlandstrafik’s buses while the hand portables are in use by traffic-management and maintenance personnel.  By enabling bus drivers to send specific alarm messages by pressing just one button, Sepura’s SRG programmable keypads improve the speed and effectiveness of drivers’ responses as well as their safety. The SRG radios will also enable the transmission of GPS data from the buses to an AVL system, offering real-time information about bus locations, together with statistics for route analysis and optimisation, while also allowing direct voice communications between the control room and the bus drivers.

In 2010, over 9.8 million passengers were transported by Värmlandstrafik’s buses and trains.