Why traffic signal and Railway signal is opposite, i.e., Red comes at top where as it vice versa for rails.?

Question

In India, why traffic signal and Railway signal is opposite, i.e., Red comes at top where as it vice versa for rails.

Answer 1

Years ago the old LMS railway only employed train drivers under 5ft tall

Answer 2

Please don't talk poppycock if you don't know the proper answer - drivers'eye level, under 5'------oh god.
The REAL reason throughout the world is that on railways, signals have (sometimes) quite long "sun shades" over the top of each light to stop the sun obliterating the light of the signal. If it were to snow, snow could settle on these hoods/shades/call them what you like, and obscure the lens of the signal. By putting the red "aspect" as it is properly know at the BOTTOM, there is no shade under it on which snow could settle and therefore no matter how much snow has been blown into or onto the rest of them on the signal post, the RED SIGNAL CAN NEVER BE OBSCURED BY SNOW.

Answer 3

The red light on the rail way is positioned at eye level to the driver when in the driving cab.

Answer 4

This is done so there is no confusion between the two where they are alongside one another (i.e. where railway is near the road). Stops motorists being confused.

Answer 5

Why do you want to know such things?? Are you a driver?

Answer 6

either way it means stop