Export success for Siemens traffic controller

Siemens ST950 traffic controller family is on show at Intertraffic 2014 this week, with a host of new features and new levels of accessibility and safety. Integral UTMC OTU, 4-stream MOVA 7, LRT functionality, easy to follow web style user interfaces and safer operation are just some of the ST950 highlights. Building on the success of its predecessors, the latest generation ST950 traffic controller designed and built in the UK by Siemens and launched last year is already establishing a presence around th
March 26, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
189 Siemens ST950 traffic controller family is on show at 70 Intertraffic 2014 this week, with a host of new features and new levels of accessibility and safety. Integral UTMC OTU, 4-stream MOVA 7, LRT functionality, easy to follow web style user interfaces and safer operation are just some of the ST950 highlights.

Building on the success of its predecessors, the latest generation ST950 traffic controller designed and built in the UK by Siemens and launched last year is already establishing a presence around the world. From Brazil and Chile to South Africa and the Middle East, no less than 400 global variants of the ST950 have been ordered and built at the company’s award-winning UK factory in Dorset.

Recent orders placed include over 70 new ST950 traffic controllers for deployment in Durban and Port Elizabeth in South Africa and a substantial quantity of associated traffic management and detection equipment.
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