Belgian national rail company SNCB announced on Tuesday that digital information screens will be upgraded at all train stations across the country within a week.
Already in place in Brussels, these screens promise to offer "more information" and enhance "readability", particularly benefiting visually impaired passengers through their high contrast colour scheme. They will clearly indicate when a train route is either extended or reduced or if an intermediate stop is cancelled. Additionally, any switch from train to a replacement bus will be clearly flagged, SNCB assures.
The platform screens will not only display the next train's destination, but also the following train's at the bottom of the screen. This allows early arrivals to confirm they are on the correct platform, states the railway company.
The modernised design also enables more intermediate station stopovers for different trains to be displayed. Specifically, smaller stations will now show all stops for the first four trains, SNCB adds.
According to SNCB, this new system has been tested by visually impaired individuals, along with regular commuters, for efficiency and user-friendliness.
