Arriva securing safety on Wakefield buses

Arriva has installed over 550 CCTV cameras on Wakefield buses inorder to combat vandalism and anti-social behaviour and to helppassengers feel even safer as they travel throughout the region.The scheme has been jointly funded by Metro and ArrivaYorkshire.

Over 70 buses are now fitted with cameras and Arriva plans tohave all 125 vehicles in the Wakefield fleet completed next year.The system continuously monitors activity during the hours that thevehicle is in service and its cameras provide top quality images.The cameras have a running time of 28 days and can be accessed at acentral control room.

There to provide security for customers and drivers, the camerascan also help to combat bogus insurance claims and anti-socialbehaviour.

Phil Stone, managing director of Arriva Yorkshire, said:

Safety is central to everything we do at Arriva andwhilst buses are one of the safest forms of travel, we're awarethat concerns about personal safety can be one of the barriers tousing public transport.

He added:

We expect the benefits will be a reduction in vandalismincidents, anti-social behaviour, assaults and fraudulent insuranceclaims. We want to make travelling by bus even safer, moreconvenient and a better experience for all our customers, potentialcustomers and employees. This technology will play a key part inhelping us to deliver this.