MIDTOWN — The giant departures board in Penn Station’s main hall has officially gone dark.
Amtrak shut off power to the block-letter board shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, a few months after announcing plans to replace it with a bevy of smaller LCD screens.
A time-lapse video captured by the transit service shows workers dismantling the board piece by piece.
2017 0123 NYP Board Removal GOPR1577 1 from Chuck Gomez on Vimeo.
Removing the board was part of Amtrak’s plan to “draw waiting customers away from the center of the room, easing congestion and improving pedestrian circulation,” a spokeswoman said.
The board will be completely dismantled and removed by early-morning rush hour on Monday, Jan. 30, she added.
