(LiveMint)
Indian Railways’ North East Frontier Railway (NFR) zone has taken steps to improve the lighting in the interior of the railway coaches. As a part of its upgradation process, NFR has initiated a a drive for replacement of existing incandescent lamps and CFL lights inside coaches by LED lights.
According to a statement, the step will help Indian Railways to cut on its energy bill and also the inside of the coaches will also get brightly illuminated.A total of 1890 passengers coaches have been retrofitted with LED lights so far and entire stock of coaches will be done within the next one year.The initiative is part of the planning of Indian Railways for improvement of the travelling experience of the passengers and is being done in tandem with other initiatives for improving the coaches interior to ensure more comfort.