Railway Technical Research Institute is carrying out researches on various guidance systems to be used by aged and/or disabled passengers when they utilize railways. This paper describes the design and implementation of a guidance system for visually disabled, which is one of the materialized solutions based on our study result. We have carried out a field test to evaluate the system at some stations in urban area. The results of the test have shown that the system is effective enough to be able to support visually disabled with absolutely no vision even when they walk in places where they have never been before.

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