An article on VoIP-News.co.uk reports that Docklands Light Railway is to integrate VoIP technology into its public address system.

The franchise operator of the DLR, Serco Docklands, has decideed to choose a new high performance LAN infrastructure that will make announcements possible via a VoIP system.

The new announcements system, controlled from Linux PC workstations at the DLR control station, will be integrated with customer information displays to prevent conflicting messages in public announcements and on display screens.

With a plan to deploy the new Voip-based system across all 32 DLR stations, the DLR hopes this will be the tip of the iceberg and that other key systems, including cctv systems, passenger information displays, and train management computer systems, will be bought across in time, to run over the new network, 

The project has already in progress and is set to completed later this year.