Overview
- All Dutch station departure boards switched to dark mode on October 27, with the nationwide change launched at Rotterdam Centraal.
- The 1.5-year redesign, created with Oogvereniging and Visio, increases contrast, sets white text on dark backgrounds, and introduces yellow as the signaling color.
- Accessibility advocates report reduced glare and improved legibility for people with visual impairments and those with color-vision deficiencies.
- ProRail says current hardware yields roughly 3–4% lower power use, with potential savings of about 30% after screen replacements.
- NS plans further tweaks to clarify delay displays and indicate wheelchair and bike locations, and it is evaluating dark mode for in-train screens without a timeline.