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March 6, 2007
Siemens Technology for London : GlobalGiants.com
London has traditionally had an efficient public transportation system. Europe‘s second-largest conurbation has the world‘s oldest and largest subway system and a famous network of 700 bus lines that carry some six million passengers daily. In the future, a satellite-supported system from Siemens that can record the positions of 8,000 buses in real time will shorten travel times and use more than 2,000 displays to inform waiting passengers exactly when the next bus will arrive. Many suburban, regional and intercity rail lines run trains supplied by Siemens, complete with services and maintenance, as do the two airport links Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect. Siemens also supplies technology that monitors roads and automatically identifies license plates in conjunction with the road toll system in central London. Many of the city‘s traffic lights and other traffic systems are from Siemens, and so is the ultramodern automation technology used by numerous buildings such as the famous high-rise of one of the world‘s largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, theaters in the West End and the Tate Modern and Tate Britain galleries. Siemens supplied fire-detector systems for Canary Wharf, one of the city‘s largest office-building complexes, and surveillance camera systems to increase safety in the city‘s railroad stations. Siemens is also bringing innovation to the British Office for National Statistics, where 250 million paper documents – the birth, marriage and death certificates of all British citizens since 1837 – are being converted into digital files. In addition Siemens is supporting British Telecom‘s construction of its next-generation 21st Century Network. And London clinics such as the Royal London Hospital and Barts Hospital are making long-term investments in high-tech equipment from Siemens, which will supply them with the latest medical technology for the next 35 years. The Siemens equipment already in use here includes imaging and network systems for diagnostic and treatment purposes. |GlobalGiants.com|
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