Split-flap display

Video of the main departure board Praha-Smíchov station, Czech Republic (2012). This Signaltron was manufactured by Pragotron
Schematic of a split-flap display in a digital clock display
An animation of how a split-flap display works
Flap departure board at Gare du Nord, Paris (2007)
Section of a split-flap display board at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (2005)
Enlarged inner workings of a split-flap clock

A split-flap display, or sometimes simply a flap display, is a digital electromechanical display device that presents changeable alphanumeric text, and occasionally fixed graphics.

Often used as a public transport timetable in airports or railway stations, as such they are often called Solari boards after Italian display manufacturer Solari di Udine, or in Central European countries they are called Pragotron after the Czech manufacturer.

Split-flap displays were once commonly used in consumer digital clocks known as flip clocks.


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