SOON, RLY STAFF TO DON UNIFORM BY RITU BERI

Railway employees who deal with passengers will be sporting designer uniforms complete with fluorescent jackets and black and yellow T-shirts from this festive season in October. About five lakh railway employees comprising on-board staff, TTEs, station masters, guards, drivers and catering personnel will be in new uniforms designed by fashion designer Ritu Beri for the railways.

NEWDELHI: Railway employees who deal with passengers will sport designer uniforms, complete with fluorescent jackets and black and yellow T-shirts, from this festive season in October.

About five lakh railway employees comprising on-board staff, TTEs, station masters, guards, drivers and catering personnel will don the new uniforms designed by Ritu Beri.

With the Indian Railway logo embossed, half and full sleeve T-shirts in black and yellow combinations have been designed for the front office staff. Another set of T-shirts in white with black border has been created for the catering staff deployed in trains.

Two types of half-fluorescent jackets — yellow and green — are being designed, keeping TTEs, guards and drivers in mind.

Railway minister Suresh Prabhu in his 2016-17 budget address had said, “The uniforms of all customer-facing roles will be refurbished to clearly distinguish them on our network.”

Currently, railway staff, including TTEs, station masters and guards, wear uniforms that were designed long ago. The transformation journey of railways through new uniform designs reflects the spirit of the organisation, said a senior railway ministry official. “We are examining the new designs of uniforms submitted by Ritu Beri and decision on final selection would be taken shortly,” he added.

The new design will be tried on a few Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains first as part of Project Swarn and later, it will be extended to other services.