In order to meet the requirements of high stability, high vibration resistance, energy saving and environmental protection and long service life for the railway vehicle car lighting system, this paper designed a LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting control system suitable for railway vehicles car. Using IPC for the principal computer, microcontroller for the subordinate computer, CAN bus as the communication network. Multiple brightness sensor collect the brightness information of car environment. According to the characteristics that the LED is suitable for high frequency switch power, using PWM technology, the current though the LED light can be control. ATmega16 microcontroller as the control core can automatically to adjust the brightness of the car according to the change of external environment, it ensured that the LED light emitting uniform and stable so that this kind of control system has very high application value.