Storno legacy systems

Page Updated
3 July 2005

Storno Legacy

Here you can see some interesting examples of Storno equipment which is still in service today.

There are a number of different systems providing communication between the tube train drivers and the line controllers. Here you can see one of the equipment rooms. On the panel to the right of the base station you can see the leaky feeder distribution equipment which provides signal to and from the trains using radiating cable running along the tunnels.

Here you can see a trackside base station installation adjacent to a main railway line.

As part of the upgrading of the London Underground, these type of systems are now due to be replaced by the London Underground Connect project. This is a new digital system providing comprehensive service over the whole network. The new equipment will be the Motorola Dimetra system which conforms to the TETRA open standard for trunked digital radio systems.

London Buses

If you visit London and travel by bus you still have a good chance of seeing the CQM6000 in action. The StarNet MPT1327 Band 3 trunked radio system supports many sophisticated speech and data features including automated logon of bus route and running numbers and AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) updated as the buses pass roadside beacons along the route. This information also updates the countdown passenger information displays at relevant bus stops.

The Metropolitan Police Service has always been a Storno customer and the main VHF scheme will continue to employ the CQM6000 as a vehicle set up until migration to the O2 Airwave national public safety radio network.

The London Ambulance Service is one among many of the emergency services users equipped by Storno in the UK and the synthesised CQM5000 with 1200 Baud FFSK selective calling and status signalling continue to provide speech comms back to control, working alongside the separate mobile data and vehicle navigation displays.

Another long-standing Storno customer, Both British Rail and Scotrail operated a number of wide area and local systems including the NRN Band 3 National Radio Network, RETB Radio Electronic Token Block systems for single track operation and the Channel Tunnel also has it's own trunked system. The picture shows the installation of a CSR Cab Secure Radio, a full duplex UHF Stornophone 6000 from one of the TTSBR Train to Signal Box Radio systems.

The June 2005 edition of Land mobile magazine contains a detailed article on the London Buses system.


	Page Updated 3 July 2005		Storno Legacy Here you can see some interesting examples of Storno equipment which is still in service today.

			London Underground There are a number of different systems providing communication between the tube train drivers and the line controllers. Here you can see one of the equipment rooms. On the panel to the right of the base station you can see the leaky feeder distribution equipment which provides signal to and from the trains using radiating cable running along the tunnels.

			Here you can see a trackside base station installation adjacent to a main railway line. As part of the upgrading of the London Underground, these type of systems are now due to be replaced by the London Underground Connect project. This is a new digital system providing comprehensive service over the whole network. The new equipment will be the Motorola Dimetra system which conforms to the TETRA open standard for trunked digital radio systems.

			London Buses If you visit London and travel by bus you still have a good chance of seeing the CQM6000 in action. The StarNet MPT1327 Band 3 trunked radio system supports many sophisticated speech and data features including automated logon of bus route and running numbers and AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) updated as the buses pass roadside beacons along the route. This information also updates the countdown passenger information displays at relevant bus stops.

			Met Police The Metropolitan Police Service has always been a Storno customer and the main VHF scheme will continue to employ the CQM6000 as a vehicle set up until migration to the O2 Airwave national public safety radio network.

			London Ambulance The London Ambulance Service is one among many of the emergency services users equipped by Storno in the UK and the synthesised CQM5000 with 1200 Baud FFSK selective calling and status signalling continue to provide speech comms back to control, working alongside the separate mobile data and vehicle navigation displays.

			Network Rail Another long-standing Storno customer, Both British Rail and Scotrail operated a number of wide area and local systems including the NRN Band 3 National Radio Network, RETB Radio Electronic Token Block systems for single track operation and the Channel Tunnel also has it's own trunked system. The picture shows the installation of a CSR Cab Secure Radio, a full duplex UHF Stornophone 6000 from one of the TTSBR Train to Signal Box Radio systems.

			Storno in the news The June 2005 edition of Land mobile magazine contains a detailed article on the London Buses system.

Storno Legacy

London Underground

London Buses

Met Police

London Ambulance

Network Rail

Storno in the news