New LED Technology: Color Tips for Different Lines

Toshiba Lighting Technology will provide LED lighting with indicators to the platform of East Kanagawa Station on JR East Japan. At the East Kanagawa Station, the Yokohama Line and the Keihin Tohoku Line use the same platform to operate at staggered times. The LED lighting fixture that JR East Japan decided to import has an indicator that uses the same color as the train line to indicate to the passenger which train is to be reached or departed.

An LED module that is equipped with white light (color temperature: 5000K, average color rendering index: Ra70) as a platform illumination lamp, and a combination of lighting controllers with optical sensors and train timetables is available as compared with fluorescent lamps. energy saving effect. In addition, platform lighting (with a color temperature of 3000K and an average color rendering index of Ra70) will be used in some locations on the platform (without an indicator). By mixing the color temperature of the space, comfort can be maintained throughout the day.

The 332-seat platform lighting with indicator (white light) and the 76-foot platform lighting without indicator (warm light) will be available on September 15th, 2013. Compared with the use of a 179-inch luminaire with two 110W fluorescent tubes, the electricity, electricity, and CO2 emissions can be reduced by approximately 50%.