Passengers expect a seamless digital experience. Dispatchers require real-time visibility into every vehicle. Galaxy Broadband delivers a unified connectivity ecosystem that satisfies both.
We integrate national cellular coverage, Private 5G, and LEO satellite into a single, resilient network. Whether your fleet operates in downtown tunnels or on rural commuter routes, Galaxy ensures your buses, light rail, and stations remain online.
Dispatchers need absolute certainty regarding vehicle location. Intermittent connectivity creates “ghost buses” that disappear from CAD/AVL systems, frustrating passengers and disrupting schedule adherence.
Continuous connectivity ensures that Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data is accurate to the second, allowing for dynamic route management and precise traffic signal priority.
Ridership retention relies on the onboard experience. Today’s passengers expect to work, stream, and stay informed during their commute. Providing reliable onboard Wi-Fi and real-time digital signage transforms travel time into productive time, directly increasing customer satisfaction scores and ridership loyalty.
When an incident occurs, low-bandwidth radio is not enough. Security teams require the ability to stream high-definition live video from onboard CCTV cameras to assess threats instantly. Reliable broadband enables immediate evidence capture and faster coordination with emergency services.
Dense urban environments create RF challenges. Skyscrapers block signals, and tunnels are traditional dead zones. Relying solely on public carrier networks leaves blind spots in critical areas. Galaxy architects solutions that bond multiple networks to maintain persistence even in challenging RF environments.
Commuter buses and trains often service suburban or semi-rural corridors where cellular towers are sparse. A drop in connectivity here means payment terminals fail and driver communications go dark. Galaxy fills these gaps with satellite backhaul, ensuring the network extends as far as the route does.
Transit vehicles are often cluttered with multiple modems—one for Wi-Fi, one for fare collection, one for telemetry. This fragmentation increases maintenance costs and security risks. Galaxy consolidates these functions into a single, managed wide-area network (WAN) with logical segmentation for different services.
We deploy low-profile, electronically steered flat-panel antennas (Kymeta, Intellian) on vehicle roofs. These ruggedized units require no moving parts and maintain a connection while the vehicle moves at highway speeds.
MCN uses LEO (Low Earth Orbit) constellations like Eutelsat OneWeb. Unlike high-latency geostationary satellites, LEO offers fiber-like speeds and low latency (<100ms), ensuring seamless support for VoIP and real-time telemetry in rural or fringe areas.
For commuter lines extending into rural areas, terrestrial towers often disappear. Galaxy integrates Eutelsat OneWeb’s LEO satellite technology to bridge these gaps.
We install low-profile Kymeta or Intellian flat-panel antennas on vehicles. These systems automatically hand over traffic from cellular to satellite, ensuring that payment processing and driver voice communications remain active regardless of geography.
When vehicles return to the depot, they need to offload terabytes of CCTV footage and diagnostic logs. Doing this over public 4G is cost-prohibitive and slow.
Galaxy deploys Private 5G (Nokia) networks at depots and major interchanges. This creates a secure, high-speed wireless canopy that allows for rapid data sync, software updates, and the connection of automated maintenance tools without touching the public internet.
Bus loops, LRT stations, and ticket vending machines require enterprise-grade uptime. SmartSite is a managed network-in-a-box solution that handles firewalling, switching, and public Wi-Fi.
We use VLAN segmentation to isolate your critical Operations Technology (ticketing, signaling) from the public Guest Wi-Fi. This ensures that a passenger downloading a movie never compromises the speed of your payment systems.
We use SD-WAN technology to bond multiple connections like fibre, LTE, and satellite into a single, resilient pipe. If a fibre line is cut at a station or a cell tower fails along a route, the system instantly fails over to the backup link. This “hitless failover” maintains active sessions for VoIP and signaling, ensuring zero downtime for critical control systems.
Contactless payment systems require constant server communication to validate cards and process transactions. Galaxy’s reliable connectivity ensures POS terminals are always online, reducing fraud and eliminating the need for “store and forward” batch processing that can lead to revenue loss.
Modern transit relies on data integration. Our networks support the full ITS stack: real-time arrival displays, traffic signal priority (TSP), and passenger counters. By providing a stable transport layer, we ensure the data feeding your apps and digital signage is accurate and up-to-the-second.
Protecting passengers requires visibility. Our high-bandwidth solutions enable control centres to tap into live camera feeds on buses and at stations during emergencies. This capability is essential for situational awareness and provides law enforcement with immediate tactical information.
Replace legacy radio limitations with rich media communication. Our networks support Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC), digital messaging, and VoIP. Simultaneously, we transmit vehicle health telemetry (battery status, tire pressure, engine codes) to maintenance teams, enabling predictive repairs.
Public agencies operate under strict privacy and data residency laws. Galaxy is Canadian-owned, operating our own Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Mississauga, Ontario. Your passenger data and security footage never leave Canada. We are experienced in adhering to municipal and provincial privacy regulations.
We understand that transit agencies often have limited IT resources. Galaxy acts as an extension of your team. We manage the network lifecycle—from design and installation to 24/7 monitoring. Our API interface allows you to pull network performance data directly into your existing management dashboards for total transparency.
Installing hardware on a moving bus or in a subway tunnel requires specialized skills. We rely on NTFS (National Technical Field Services), our internal team of deployment experts. They ensure all onboard installations meet vibration, power, and safety standards, ensuring hardware longevity in the harsh transit environment.
Don’t let dead zones stall your modernization plans. Contact Galaxy Broadband today to discuss a connectivity strategy for your transit agency.
Yes. Our architecture is platform-agnostic. We can deploy MCN solutions on buses, light rail vehicles (LRT), and commuter trains, providing a single pane of glass to manage connectivity for your entire multi-modal fleet.
We implement strict traffic shaping and content filtering policies on the Guest Wi-Fi VLAN. We prioritize operational traffic (CAD/AVL, Payments) above all else, ensuring that passenger usage never impacts the safety or performance of the vehicle.
Satellite requires a view of the sky. In tunnels, our SD-WAN routers automatically switch to terrestrial cellular or station Wi-Fi. For long subway tunnels, we can deploy Private 5G or leaky feeder solutions to maintain connectivity underground.
Yes. We provide the transport layer (the pipe). Our solutions are compatible with all major transit software and hardware vendors (e.g., Trapeze, Clever Devices, Init). We work with your vendors to ensure firewall rules allow their specific data traffic to pass securely.
Wi-Fi struggles in “metal-dense” environments like bus garages and rail yards due to signal reflection and interference. Private 5G offers superior penetration and stability in these conditions. It also supports seamless mobility, meaning a vehicle stays connected as it moves through the yard without the session drops common when switching between Wi-Fi access points.
We use a pooled bandwidth model through our MCN service. Instead of managing individual data caps for every bus (which leads to costly overages), data is aggregated across your entire fleet. Heavy usage on one vehicle is balanced by lower usage on others, providing predictable monthly billing.
No. We utilize low-profile, aerodynamic flat-panel antennas (such as Kymeta or Intellian) designed specifically for transit vehicles. These units are ruggedized to withstand bus washes and harsh weather while maintaining the necessary clearance for bridges and tunnels.
Yes. We can configure the onboard router to prioritize traffic based on location (geofencing) and connection type. For example, the system can be set to stream only critical “emergency” video over cellular while on the route, and automatically bulk-upload full-day archives only when the vehicle connects to the Private 5G or Wi-Fi network at the depot.
We’ll design a solution that fits your site, industry, and bandwidth needs.
