6 April 2009 – telent, the technology services company, successfully completed the installation of the Customer Information and Security System at the new Corby railway station, ready for the first train service.

The public address system, 6 customer information screens, 2 customer help points and 15 security cameras have been installed at the new station. Connected by a wide area network (WAN), the CCTV cameras transmit images to the remote security control centre in Derby and can also be operated locally. The system is protected by a UPS and battery back-up system in case of power interruptions. telent was also responsible for the installation of the GPS Master Clock at the station, used as the basis for all travel information and as the stamp mark for the CCTV footage; as well as the large, recovered heritage clock at the front of the building.

telent was commissioned by design consultant Corus Infrastructure Services to carry out the detailed design work for the system. With the design completed in one month, the appointed station construction company Dean & Dyball Rail commissioned telent to install and commission the system.

Steve Pears, General Manager Rail at telent, said: “Our staff worked around the clock over a six week period to ensure that the Customer Information and Security System was ready on time. We are delighted to have been involved in this project to bring a railway service back to Corby.”

John Huthwaite (Construction Manager) at Dean & Dyball, said: “The whole team involved with this project worked extremely hard and together in order to achieve the goal of having the project completed on time.”

Tony Morris, Snr Project Manager at Corus Infrastructure Services, said: “Considerable effort went into the design by the team as a whole, in particular Corus worked closely with telent in order to deliver within a very tight timescale.  Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing this project to such a successful conclusion.” 

Corby had been the largest town in Britain without a railway station. Dean & Dyball was commissioned to begin work on the new £10m station in July 2008 to link the town with the railway network and London.

A range of partners are behind the scheme, including East Midlands Development Agency (emda), Network Rail, East Midlands Trains, English Partnerships and North Northants Development Company.