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The Gnistäng & Tingstad tunnel projects
Swedish Road Administration, Region West, 1993–1994
Swedish Road Administration, Region West, 1993–1994
Infracontrol replaces the outdated traffic control equipment from the 1960s with new, programmable control systems.
The Swedish Road Administration gives Infracontrol the assignment of replacing the outdated control equipment from the 1960s with new, programmable control systems. This results in improved air quality and enhanced safety in the tunnels. At the same time, the first general platform for remote monitoring and guidance at the Swedish Road Administration in Göteborg is introduced.
Göta Älv bridge
The City of Göteborg Department of Public Works, 1994
The City of Göteborg Department of Public Works, 1994
Working with Göteborg’s Department of Public Works, Infracontrol installs a new computerized operating system with a graphic interface. Control of barriers and signals, operating the bridge sections and logging the ships that pass can now be done in an easier way. This solution is unique and sets a standard for the design of remote control systems for bridges.
Since then, the system has undergone several minor upgrades and been expanded but is a good example of Infracontrol’s innate capacity to create solutions that stand the test of time.
Remote operation of the Hammarkullen Station
The City of Göteborg Department of Public Works, 1994
The City of Göteborg Department of Public Works, 1994
When the time comes to introduce remote operation of the Hammarkullen Station, the Department of Public Works is confronted by a difficult problem: How can the different technical systems be integrated and operated reliably from another location? Infracontrol studies the users’ needs and develops a solution.
An industrial control and monitoring system is introduced that makes it possible to run all of the station’s functions in a simple and easy-to-monitor way using TV cameras, phones, alarms and control systems.
Passenger information
The City of Göteborg Department of Public Works, 1996
The City of Göteborg Department of Public Works, 1996
Back in 1996, Göteborg’s Department of Public Works begins using a system to display departure times on electronic bulletin boards at a number of bus and tram stops. The plan is now to expand the system to provide the same type of information throughout the city.
Infracontrol is given the assignment to develop a general platform that will also function as a support system for the information coordinators at G-TIC (the Göteborg traffic information center).
This system is currently owned and operated by the public transport company Västtrafik but the information that is displayed at bus and tram stops is based on the principles that Infracontrol helped develop more than 10 years ago.
