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A magical sound: the clacking of the departures board as updated times and destinations scroll upward on the list. Sometimes the updates are a single row, sometimes the whole board erupts in fluttering cacophony of minutes and places and platforms.
Is there proper nomenclature for this apparatus? If so, please let me know in the comments below.
From the Westbound section of the Toronto’s Sheppard subway line, this is a different take on the tunnel-in-motion look I posted previously.
Checking in, new and old-school. Seen at Bloor Station.
A lone passenger at York University station. Empty trains, empty halls.
Outside the Navy Archives/Penn Quarter Metro station after a few hours of snowfall.
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I’ll answer my own question: they’re “split-flap displays” and are, of course, a dying breed. Here’s video of the board in this shot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMqtcXTPZyI