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Transit Authorities Rail & Light Rail Bus Systems

Assets spread across a network, not a building

Transit security isn't a facility problem. It's hundreds of cameras across stations, platforms, vehicles and right-of-way, in weather, on shared network infrastructure, watched from an operations center. DWG helps authorities specify systems that scale across that footprint.

The network is the constraint

Bandwidth, environmental rating and remote serviceability decide what survives in transit. A camera that performs beautifully in a lobby is the wrong product on an open platform.

We evaluate platforms against distributed architecture and bandwidth reality, confirm environmental ratings for the actual mounting locations, size storage across the network rather than per site, review the bill of materials, and check interoperability with systems already deployed. How the work gets done is shaped around you: we can coordinate with the integrator or contractor you already use, bring the right integration and field resources in ourselves, or anything in between — whatever the project needs.

How we engage

The greatest opportunity to improve a project exists before anything is purchased. We support every phase — the earlier we're involved, the more value we add.

1. Plan

Coverage across stations, platforms and right-of-way; operations centre requirements.

2. Evaluate

Platform comparison, bandwidth and storage modelling, environmental ratings.

3. Specify

Specification assistance, BOM review, network and power planning.

4. Procure

Quoting, availability, lead times across a phased rollout.

5. Deploy

Staged delivery by station or segment.

6. Support

Technical support, spares staged across the network, refresh planning.

Core capabilities

Enterprise physical security infrastructure across every major discipline.

Video surveillance

  • IP camera systems
  • Video management systems (VMS)
  • Network video recorders
  • Edge, cloud and enterprise storage

AI & video analytics

  • Object and behaviour detection
  • License plate recognition
  • Search and forensic review tools
  • Operational and business insight

Access control & identity

  • Enterprise access control platforms
  • Smart and mobile credentials
  • Door hardware and locking
  • Authentication and biometrics

Visitor management

  • Visitor registration and badging
  • Watch list and screening
  • Contractor and vendor check-in
  • Real-time on-site awareness

Intercom & entry communication

  • IP intercom systems
  • Video entry stations
  • Emergency call stations
  • Two-way communication at entry points

Emergency notification

  • Mass notification systems
  • Public address and paging
  • Multi-channel alerting
  • Campus and site-wide communication

Lockdown systems

  • Coordinated building-wide lockdown
  • Single-action activation
  • Integration with access control
  • Notification tied to activation

Fire & life safety

  • Fire alarm control panels
  • Smoke, heat, CO and duct detection
  • Notification appliances
  • Alarm communications and monitoring

Intrusion detection

  • Enterprise intrusion systems
  • Perimeter detection
  • Sensors and detection technologies
  • Alarm communications

Mobile & temporary surveillance

  • Mobile surveillance trailers
  • Rapid-deployment camera systems
  • Remote and off-grid power
  • Construction, event and temporary sites

Network & infrastructure

  • PoE switching and fiber optics
  • Structured cabling and wireless
  • UPS and power systems
  • Cabinets, racks and enclosures

Engineering & procurement services

  • Product evaluation and solution design
  • Multi-manufacturer comparisons
  • Bill of materials review and value engineering
  • Lifecycle planning and technical consultation

Questions we help you answer

Most suppliers focus on selling products. We focus on helping you make an informed decision — and these are the questions worth settling first.

  • Will the network carry this without starving operations traffic?
  • Are these products rated for the actual mounting environment?
  • Can one operations centre see the whole network?
  • How is storage distributed — at the edge or centrally?
  • What does servicing a remote site actually involve?
  • Will this integrate with the systems already deployed?
  • Can we standardize so every new station matches?

Answered early, these prevent the expensive corrections that surface once equipment is on site.

Vendor-neutral technical expertise

DWG works across a broad portfolio of leading security manufacturers. Rather than promoting a single product line, we help you evaluate qualified solutions on the criteria that matter.

Technical criteria

  • Technical requirements and objectives
  • Performance and interoperability
  • Standards compliance
  • Cybersecurity considerations

Commercial criteria

  • Availability and lead time
  • Lifecycle cost
  • Budget alignment
  • Future scalability

Resource coordination

  • Work with the integrator or contractor you already use
  • Bring in integration, field and engineering resources where you need them
  • Product, engineering and deployment coordinated as one project
  • Shaped around what the end user needs, not a fixed model

Who we work with

Facilities

  • Transit authorities
  • Commuter and light rail
  • Bus systems and depots
  • Stations and platforms
  • Maintenance and yard facilities
  • Operations centres

Project types

  • New stations and extensions
  • Security modernization
  • Network-wide standardization
  • Analog-to-IP migrations
  • Technology refresh
  • Operations centre upgrades

Project teams

  • Transit security and police
  • Operations and facilities
  • IT and network engineering
  • Procurement
  • Architects and engineers
  • Systems integrators

Model the network before you specify the cameras

There is no cost to have our specialists review a specification or a bill of materials.

DWG — Digital Watchguard Inc. · 800 Shames Drive, Westbury, NY 11590 · 516-933-4900


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