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Old Posted Mar 6, 2017, 1:00 PM
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New High-Tech Big Board At Penn Station Experiencing Technical Difficulties

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Originally Posted by RAPHAEL POPE-SUSSMAN
It’s only been a few weeks since Amtrak took down the legendary old-school "Big Board" of arrival and departure times at Penn Station and the new digital system has already gone on the fritz.

Commuters reported Friday morning that the system, which features a series of smaller screens distributed around the terminal, briefly stopped working, leaving them to fend for themselves/look at their phones/ask other humans for help IRL.

Some, or at least one, were calling the meltdown the "Big Board Blackout."

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