Matt Soar

Departure board on display at Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Those ‘flapping’ Solari boards at US train stations are leaving the terminal

Technology

Amtrak officials are planning to replace the analog Solari board in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station with a digital one. It’s one of the last remaining terminals in the United States with the old-school board.

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