TRANSPORT & TRANSIT DISPLAYS
Recreate the genuine Solari departures-board experience for stations, stops, airports, and transit hubs. flaps.tv flips real arrival, departure, and route data into place with sub-second updates, so any screen becomes a working board fed by your live timetable feed.
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An airport gate board for gate B12 showing flight 204 to Chicago boarding and flight 318 to Denver on time, with a boarding-closes countdown and live Chicago weather underneath. Built for travel-agency lobbies, aviation-themed bars, and event check-ins that want real departure-hall atmosphere. The gate number, both flight rows, and every status word are editable after forking.
A classic split-flap train departure board listing morning services to New Haven, Grand Central, Stamford, and Bridgeport with time, destination, and track columns. A next-train widget counts down to the 08:15 and rolls through five departures in sequence. Hang it in a station cafe, a model railway room, or a transit-themed office for the authentic Solari atmosphere.
A parking availability board showing 128 open spaces and per-level fill bars — level 2 at 78%, level 3 at 42% — above a rotating entry ticker with gate-tap, EV-spot, and height-limit notes. Drivers at the ramp get an instant read on where to park before they commit. Facilities teams at venues, hospitals, and offices run it on any TV at the garage entrance.
A rideshare pickup board that rotates zone status — zone A open, zone B overflow, taxis lane 3 — beside a green six-minute wait counter and a fixed "meet drivers at the blue awning" instruction line. Hotels, arenas, and campuses hang it at the curb or exit doors so guests find their ride without a staffer repeating directions all night.
A ferry terminal board that counts down to the next sailing, rotates dock assignments, and pulls live wind speed from the Open-Meteo API so passengers see conditions before boarding. Sailings at 07:40, 08:20, 09:05, and 10:00 cycle through the next-sailing widget while a notices row flips boarding rules like "bikes board first." Suited to terminal waiting rooms, harbor offices, and waterfront restaurants.
A bus arrivals board that cycles routes 12 downtown, 19 crosstown, and 42 express, counts down to the next bus, and shows live Seattle weather above an orange service-alerts ticker. Built for transit lobbies, campus shuttle stops, and apartment buildings near a stop. Alerts like "use rear doors" and "detour on pine" flip through on their own dedicated row.
How to build a split-flap departure board for your station
Start from the reading distance. A concourse board that people scan from ten meters works best at eight to twelve rows — one per service — with columns split across departure time, destination, platform, and status. A platform-edge screen showing only the next two trains reads better at three or four oversized rows. Fork a transport template, then set rows and columns in the editor to match; the flip animation renders at 60 FPS in the browser, so even large grids stay smooth on an ordinary smart TV.
Feed the board from your timetable. Point a live data widget at any JSON endpoint — a GTFS-realtime bridge, your operations API, or a simple hosted file your dispatch tool writes — and map fields to the time, destination, and status columns. A repeater renders one row per service and connected boards flip to new values in under a second, so DELAYED and BOARDING statuses land as fast as your feed publishes them. Live data sources are part of the Business plan, which also covers unlimited displays.
Use scenes to cover the whole picture on one screen. A common rotation gives departures 45 seconds, arrivals 20, and a service-alerts scene 10, each duration set per scene so the loop runs unattended. For a network of stops, fork the same template once per location, adjust each board's routes and platform labels, and manage everything from one dashboard — an alert added there pushes to every connected screen in real time, which matters most exactly when service goes sideways.
- 01Live departures and arrivals board
- 02Next-bus and stop countdown display
- 03Airport gate and flight status
- 04Multi-route transit hub overview
- 05Platform and track assignment board
- 06Service alerts and delay notices
Will this match the look of a real Solari split-flap board?
That authentic departures-board aesthetic is the core of the product, down to the flip animation and timing, so the feel is faithful, not faked.
Can I drive the board from a live GTFS or timetable feed?
Yes. Connect a JSON or API source for your schedule and the board flips to new times and statuses within a second of the data changing.
What does it take to put a board on a station display?
Open it in the screen's browser or cast from a streaming stick. There is no proprietary hardware and no code to deploy.
What does a live departures board cost?
Building and configuring a board is free. Playing it live on a screen needs a paid plan: Starter is $8/mo for one display, Pro $29/mo for five, and Business $79/mo for unlimited displays plus the live data integrations a timetable feed requires.
Can one screen rotate between departures, arrivals, and alerts?
Yes. A display holds multiple scenes with per-scene durations, so the board can show departures for 40 seconds, arrivals for 20, then a service-alert scene, and repeat. Set it once and the rotation runs without anyone babysitting the screen.