How Some Railway Stations Are Making Travel Easier For The Visually Impaired

By: News Desk |
July 24, 2019 6:38 pm

In a bid to be inclusive, these railway stations have become visually impaired-friendly.
Maharashtra’s Borivali railway station has Braille-embossed railings and provides Braille information booklets. These booklets are available at the ticket counter and give detailed information about the stations.
“Braille signs are very helpful to reach the platform, toilet, reservation center,” says Parmesh, a visually impaired commuter.
Borivali station was the first in Maharashtra to get Braille signs and indicators for the visually-impaired.
In 2015, Mysuru railway station became the first visually impaired-friendly railway station in India. Tactile maps of the railway station and train schedules in Braille were put up in the station along with 400 metal signages and hand railings in Braille were installed in Mysuru station.
KSR-city (Majestic) railway station in Bengaluru is also visually impaired-friendly. The station has Braille maps and 600 Braille platform indicators attached to the railings of subways and foot overbridges.
“In these maps in Braille, various passenger amenities are available. It is also installed on the railings of the escalators and foot over bridges. In all the stalls, we have provided food menu in Braille, “says Santosh Hegde, Station Director, Bengaluru railway station.
Apart from these stations, Mysuru-Varanasi Express and Hamsafar Express are visually impaired-friendly trains with Braille signages inside coaches.

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