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The RATP is revealing its new signs on the metro platforms in Paris

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Île de France Mobilités and RATP have started deploying new, more readable and accessible display boards on the metro platforms. These indicate the wait time for the next two metros and display events, disruptions, or ongoing works on the line.

Get ready for some exciting news from the RATP! Starting in January 2023, President Jean Castex has promised more transparency when it comes to information messages for passengers. And guess what? This includes clearer and more visible displays on metro platforms! To make sure this change happens, new display panels are already being set up and will be rolled out on almost all metro lines before the Olympics. Isn't that great? One of the first panels was unveiled on Wednesday, March 20th by the President of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, with Jean Castex by her side. Get this - 484 panels will be popping up soon! They're called "PANAM" signs (which stands for Metro Advertising Panels). By June 2024, a total of 242 metro stations will be equipped with these new panels. And get this, 44 panels have already been installed in 22 stations on Line 5 between December 2023 and March 2024. Exciting times ahead for metro passengers!


A bigger and easier-to-read display

Newness, yes, but no need to panic. Like their predecessors, these new platform signs indicate the wait time for the next two trains, with the added feature of also showing any events, disruptions, or ongoing work as well as the status of the network so that passengers can anticipate any travel difficulties.

In addition to these new features, the signs are also bigger and easier to read, especially for accessibility reasons: increased font size and enhanced color contrast to accommodate visually impaired individuals, improved audio announcements... The old displays with numbers drawn in orange dots were sometimes hard to read, but now, the signs " strictly comply with current accessibility standards» specifies the RATP press release.

These signs would finally be a little more environmentally friendly than the previous ones, since they can be turned off when traffic is finished, offering slightly lower energy consumption than what we have known so far.