Radio Deal helps Tube Emergency Response
February 5th, 2007A £115 million deal was announced yesterday with the Airwave Radio Network so that there will be be full radio coverage for emergency services at all 125 below ground Underground stations. It will piggyback with the existing Connect digital radio system on the Underground. This is in response to criticism that poor communication hampered rescue efforts after the July 2005 bombings on the Tube.
Investigators from the London Assembly in June last year said there was an over-reliance on the mobile phone network; that the Tube’s radio system was “antiquated” and it was “unacceptable” that rescue teams could not communicate underground.
Evening Standard June 2006“British Transport Police, which has responsibility for policing on the Tube network, currently have radios that work underground, but other emergency services, including the Metropolitan Police, do not have compatible systems and so need to borrow BTP equipment or be accompanied by a BTP officer when underground.
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