South Central Railway becomes 1st rail zone with 100% LED lighting at stations

The South Central Railway (SCR) today said it has become the first railway zone in the country to complete 100 per cent LED lighting at all the stations under its jurisdiction.

The SCR has been on the forefront of adopting energy conservation measures. It has attained the status of becoming the first zone in the Indian Railways to complete 100 per cent LED lighting in all the 733 stations under its jurisdiction, Chief Public Relations Officer M Umashankar Kumar said in a release.

SCR General Manager Vinod Kumar Yadav complimented the officers and staff for the achievement.


"All the 733 railway stations on the zone have been provided with 100 per cent LED lighting," Kumar said.

This is expected to save 32 lakh units of electrical energy worth Rs 2.7 crore per year, the CPRO added.