In this case, you've to rely on the announcements. This is the reason they're made. Usually these trains run with a tight schedule, far away from the base, that's why the confusing TBs.
Lucknow Mail has digital TB because some coaches came with them installed from PSUs, CDOs haven't added them. Even if these ICEs had digital TBs, no one would change them at source/destination and it'd be even more confusing.
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IR once experimented with digital TBs on regular coaches, before CoVid I think. I'm adding a screenshot of Swarna Shatabdi from a video I took in 2018. Due to lack of central control and maintenance, they became vestigial and were eventually phased out.
please wait...Translate to EnglishIn this case, you have to rely on the announcements. This is why they are made. Usually, these trains run on a tight schedule, far from the base, which is why the train boards are confusing.
The Lucknow Mail has digital train boards because some coaches came with them installed from PSUs; CDOs haven't added them. Even if these ICEs had digital train boards, no one would change them at the origin/destination, and it would be even more confusing.
Indian Railways once experimented with digital train boards on regular coaches, before Covid-19, I think. I'm adding a screenshot of the Swarna Shatabdi from a video I took in 2018. Due to a lack of central control and maintenance, they became vestigial and were eventually phased out.