X2O Media announced Sept. 29, that its visual communications platform is driving a network of displays providing important information to thousands of travellers on UP Express, Metrolinx's new express rail train that now connects Toronto's Union Station and Toronto Pearson International Airport in just 25 minutes, departing every 15 minutes. The display network is a component of the new Union Pearson Express train service that just opened on June 6, in time for the Pan Am and Parapan Am games.
The X2O platform powers approximately 80 display screens across all four stations along the Union Pearson Express route. The networked screens display multiple real-time data sources to inform travellers when the next train will arrive and which track will be used, supply up-to-date flight information, and provide the latest news and weather.
"X2O is thrilled to be part of this innovative air-rail link, which provides passengers with a convenient way of getting into the city and to the airport," said X2O Media President David Wilkins. "Our visual communications platform gives the Union Pearson Express service an incredible amount of flexibility in its messaging, as well as in its ability to provide consistent access to the timely information that passengers want and need."
The integration of X2O technology with the Union Pearson Express messaging system enables authorities to target messages to specific screens and even to specific zones of a screen. Union Pearson Express personnel are also able to take over an entire screen for priority messaging as required.
