Taking a cue from Central Railway (CR),Western Railway (WR) has also decided to replace neon indicators with graphical-based green Light Emitting Diodes (LED) indicators at its suburban stations. According to railway sources,around 316 new LED based indicators221 double faced indicators,64 multi double faced and 31 single faced indicators will be installed on the suburban section of Western Railway. These indicators will be installed at foot overbridges (FOBs),booking office,subways and on platforms. Now,every station would have three indicators. Earlier,every platform used to have one indicator, said Shyam Sunder Gupta,chief spokesperson,WR. The Central Railway (CR) had also initiated a similar programme of replacing its old indicators,but according to sources at CR,it will not replace red colour indicators. Both CR and WR have indicators with distinct colours red on CR and neon on WR and these colours help identify the railway jurisdiction,especially interchangeable stations like Dadar and Elphinstone-Parel. Work on LED indicators have already started at Churchgate,Mumbai Central,Dadar,Bandra,Andheri,Malad,Borivali,Dahisar,Mira Road,Bhayander,Naigaon,Vasai Road,Nalasopara and Virar stations. According to railways,replacement of old train indicators will soon begin at 14 stations like Marine Lines,Charni Road,Grant Road,Mahalaxmi,Lower Parel,Elphinstone Road,Matunga,Mahim,Khar,Santacruz,Vile Parle,Jogeshwari,Goregaon and Kandivali. Augmentation of LED train indicators at three stations Churchgate,Borivali and Virar will be completed by the end of this financial year and installation of LED indicators at Jogeshwari and Grant Road stations will be completed by the end of this month,said railway sources.
