Sydney Trains taps Ciena for OTN upgrade

Sydney Trains has contracted Ciena to help upgrade its network to a packet optical platform to improve public services across its transportation system with a faster, low latency and reliable data network.

The deployment will support critical passenger safety measures that ensure trains in the Australian city operate at safe distances.

By investing in both 100G transport and OTN switching solutions, Sydney Trains aims to build a network that enhances support of customer safety and critical train operations.

The network upgrade will also help the transportation provider transition from an SDH legacy network, and lays the foundation required to support future high capacity service requirements.

Sydney Trains has various sites along its network that have different traffic requirements. The flexibility of the platform supports these end-to-end services and various system configurations, including deployments over long distances and fiber types such as aerial.

“For transportation providers, migrating their communication networks by deploying Packet-optical technologies is key to continually improving safety measures and optimizing passenger services,” Ciena VP and GM for APAC Anthony McLachlan said.