MRTC 1988 - Your Guide To Travelling On The MRT (English)

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4 ай бұрын

*All sources are duly credited to Singapore Broadcasting Corporation and MRTC*

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@thihal123 4 ай бұрын

That Is the thinnest tie I have seen paired with a very wide fitting suit.

@jonathanya154 4 ай бұрын

Very popular in the 80s I remember

@stephenchen7491 3 ай бұрын

@@jonathanya154 Well the 80s is actually one of the low points for sartorial elegance, but still better than the 70s.

@mehmehmehmehmehmehmeh 3 ай бұрын

@@stephenchen7491 the hippie culture's fashion is crazy unique but also horrendous to look at

@johnnyquest6894 3 ай бұрын

It looks like a skinny necktie.

@johnnymoran. 3 ай бұрын

Yet he looks like he's 6'4"

@JaceTan-90 4 ай бұрын

Someone should remake this in 2024, but keep the 80s style in. I think it would look cool and have some nostalgia in there.

@catysnow 4 ай бұрын

What do you mean?Do you mean by using this footage or personally filming a new 2024 footage?

@mechashadow 4 ай бұрын

New 2024 footage but keeping that 80s style, I assume.

@catysnow 4 ай бұрын

@@mechashadow I may consider doing it maybe in the future.Unless I am able to gain up courage to show my face on youtube and have a partner to help me film that.

@mechashadow 4 ай бұрын

@@catysnow I feel that. We wanted to film a funny parody version back in school but never came to be.

@catysnow 4 ай бұрын

@@mechashadow oh I see.I can truely know how fun acting for a graded project is.

@remyworldpeace 4 ай бұрын

I love the old Singapore TV accent haha

@yiming99 4 ай бұрын

yes, proper English

@yeoseotidle2290 4 ай бұрын

@@yiming99why should Chinese people speak English?

@cuscoothriyas5163 4 ай бұрын

@@yiming99 The cadence of speech is weird af

@dompdompdomp 3 ай бұрын

Yeah Singaporeans got dumber

@ruzzelladrian907 3 ай бұрын

This was recorded in 1988. Their infrastructure at his time was at least 20 years ahead. Everything looks so modern. Even the video is decent quality. The station is bright and fresh. The only thing that's distinctly 80's here is the people's fashion. You can tell by what people were wearing. But their surroundings is modern.

@travel4gaming 4 ай бұрын

Bro went from Toa Payoh to Toa Payoh

@wjteng14 4 ай бұрын

Nah, bro just went from Toa Payoh to Ang Mo Kio and then back

@abao 4 ай бұрын

haha we need this back on the TV to educate the public to wait for people to exit first

@cannonf_odder3041 4 ай бұрын

YA SIA ITS GETTING WORSE

@EZJRVCXY 4 ай бұрын

LOL who cares? we all pay the same fair, you can't get out fast, then work harder.

@beepbeep5153 4 ай бұрын

@@cannonf_odder3041Mostly elderlies and foreigners

@proteinsheikh5892 4 ай бұрын

@@EZJRVCXYpeople like you I purposely push with my big fat body when exiting cos you all lanjiao want to enter the train first

@thastayapongsak4422 3 ай бұрын

@@EZJRVCXYit's faster to wait in turns.

@REZrblde 4 ай бұрын

Watching this makes me really appreciate how much the MRT system has grown. I was born in the mid 90's,i didn't realise the system was so small then. Back then we can't even go to Changi Airport on train it seems

@KatJade269 3 ай бұрын

At the initial stage, there wasn’t a North-South, East-West line yet. I could board at Orchard and alighted at Tiong Bahru station directly, no transfer required. 😊

@akshaylenin7166 3 ай бұрын

Changi Branch Line Shuttle Service opened on 8th February 2002

@akshaylenin7166 2 ай бұрын

@@KatJade269correctly said

@Marcho978 4 ай бұрын

Really looks like something right out of the back rooms

@grayceseeto 4 ай бұрын

they dug it out from there 😂

@Gdhebdhgd123 4 ай бұрын

Yeah

@Greencroc123-SG 3 ай бұрын

yes toa payoh station is very yellow

@kentang1528 3 ай бұрын

And still is till this very day

@casperudemark7496 3 ай бұрын

This information video is so thoroughly professional that I don’t even know where to begin and end. I think it would help making public transport more popular today if they (preferably a highly skilled manager) dressed up in a suit and explained us - in a friendly way - why we shouldn’t litter. His hint about how other passengers feel about it, is a subtle reminder about social control - somebody will notice your behaviour - without feeling threatening. The name “stored value card” is well thought out, it makes you feel that you get an advantage every time you use it.

@natkretep 4 ай бұрын

I remember those blue stored value cards. You can travel however far you liked with the amount left at the end. I think some people tried to use the card until there's 10c left, and then you can do a long journey with just 10c!

@michelleherdian 4 ай бұрын

I am genuinely impressed that even after 35 years later, the MRT fare is still kept relatively low considering the multiple inflation. For comparison, back then it costed $1.10 from Toa Payoh to Clementi (2:43), now it has only increased to $1.75. Whereas our economic chicken rice has blown up from $1.00 (gone are the days of $1 chicken rice) to at least $2.50 now. 🤑

@TIB1243S 4 ай бұрын

Actually adjusted for inflation, $1.10 in 1988 would've been $2.79 in today's money (using MAS' own inflation calculator. In fact, the cost has went down and/or remained very manageable.

@learningavocado162 4 ай бұрын

Pardon, kindly share where the $2.50 chicken rice stalls are? 😅

@atesum 4 ай бұрын

Have tried one $2.50 chicken rice. But don’t have to travel for it. Anyway price is before 8pm only. I do have a video uploaded on my channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7OSfLRe1bbJiIU.htmlsi=m5fioa9AX2p3odTY

@86soulx 4 ай бұрын

i think holland drive has a $2/$3 roasted pork rice not very sure.

@atesum 4 ай бұрын

I ate a $2.50 chicken rice recently before. The stall does mostly night business and the price is only for before 8pm. Heard there’s one in a Tampines East coffee shop also. Maybe some food kiosks at MRT stations like Woodlands or Yishun may still have $2.50 chicken rice.

@catysnow 4 ай бұрын

I am still wondering how a 1990 Crimewatch episode haven't come out yet,but this video does.

@ivytan6121 4 ай бұрын

The First MRT ride opening’s ceremony was Mr Ong Teng Cheong in 7th November, 1987 at Toa Payoh MRT station.

@JaceTan-90 4 ай бұрын

Even the way or the style the instructions were made in the 80s are still implemented in 2024 in other items in Singapore. Kudos 👍🏻

@SIGNALacquired 4 ай бұрын

that is one tiny tie he's wearing.

@realcartoongirl 3 ай бұрын

so how he remove it

@djbong6408 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Finally I now know how to use the MRT.

@gabrielscruisechannel3252 4 ай бұрын

Love the shoulder pads!

@gunslingerfan1238 4 ай бұрын

Toa Payoh hits different all those years ago

@Aravestia 4 ай бұрын

Toa Payoh MRT station still looks the same 😂

@DiamondKingStudios 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather, while he was a project manager for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority in roughly this time period, took a visit to Singapore once to study their MRT. If we were still alive, I would show him the video, but in his final years he was also blind, so I wonder what he would make of the voice and sounds. Needless to say whatever wisdom he got from going to see the MRT he probably wasn’t able to effectively communicate to the folks running MARTA, if the state of the system today tells me anything.

@Tvyoutubeacc 4 ай бұрын

Interesting how people in the 80s speak very well. Even the ministers had more eloquence in their speech. Why is it getting worse despite better education system 😂

@xixi560 4 ай бұрын

Because worse is better for the "teachers". This goes for many things, in many 'countries' around the world...

@horiokayujin 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this :) , not a train enthusiast and also not born when the MRT first opened. it was really nice to see a part of Singapore when life was "simple" and when the MRT required a tutorial

@Back-Pain-In-My-Area 4 ай бұрын

I rmb that old gantry closing force is fast and strong lol. Kena whacked by it few times

@enluo9464 4 ай бұрын

The English is world-class! 👍👍

@MoonLiteNite 3 ай бұрын

it is like his native language or something O.o

@mmojave 3 ай бұрын

His mandarin is very good too. He has another video in mandarin.

@tbdhk 3 ай бұрын

@@MoonLiteNite it is

@RitosM 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting window into the past. Thanks for uploading.

@melissatan7721 4 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who’s laughing at him purposely bending the ticket into half??? And Toa Payoh station still looks the same today in 2024!!

@mqxogames 4 ай бұрын

What I’m really surprised about is the fact there are platform screen doors in the 80s. That’s actually very shocking from a western perspective.

@shastasilverchairsg 4 ай бұрын

I think that was just for the underground stations like Raffles Place. I remember normal aboveground stations like Tampines etc didn't have platform screen doors until maybe the 2010s.

@jamess7375 4 ай бұрын

Sinagpore was one of the first to implement these on a high capacity rapid transit system - keeps the cold AC inside the stations and the hot, humid air out!

@aquaticaries7725 4 ай бұрын

Still remember in early 2000s and early 2010s there were no barriers for above ground platforms prob they got scared people will fall onto the tracks

@jonathanya154 4 ай бұрын

@@aquaticaries7725 Actually quite true. Imagine when the platform is very crowded and someone accidentally pushed someone onto the track…

@MoonLiteNite 3 ай бұрын

Not all the stations have them, just in the very busy areas. And other areas, as a non-local, i have noticed that at one point they did have the doors and have removed them at some point. Not sure if damaged and cheaper to remove, or they removed just as cost savings and used them some place else.

@sazaki1999 4 ай бұрын

Man, thanks for archiving history!

@tsemunhoi1568 4 ай бұрын

The legendary Samuel Chong!

@pingteo6104 4 ай бұрын

His voice is so iconic!

@86soulx 4 ай бұрын

i searched for him and wow, im surprised he speaks very fluent chinese nowadays.

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

@@86soulx He also speak very well in Chinese version. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdxzadOQ0NvalGQ.htmlsi=5Hk4zVNpwSIUEBiX

@KatJade269 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I was trying to recall his name.

@KatJade269 3 ай бұрын

@@86soulxYes. Bilingual.

@TehCGaoSiewDai 4 ай бұрын

5:26 & 9:23 Back then when I was a kid I was really scared of those "killer" gates.

@LuckyVacuum 4 ай бұрын

😄 same.... I'm here in the comments section to see if anyone else shares the same thoughts after watching the ticket gate closing

@pikk2525 4 ай бұрын

Exactly. . Painful af

@shervintan 4 ай бұрын

lol I remember the sound of gate. Errrr bang go in

@anthp1c518 3 ай бұрын

Good thing they made it slower and safer

@tdb7992 4 ай бұрын

I have an old travel guide to Singapore I was given as a kid (I was a very nerdy kid who loved maps, and growing up in Australia, I was very interested in SE Asia). The MRT map in it has the coloured lines indicating which direction the trains head in - like the green line being for east-bound trains. I thought that was such an interesting design choice when I was young. I don't think any other system had used that before. I guess when you are introducing a system to a public, portraying it like that would make it easier for users.

@hongsienkwee537 4 ай бұрын

Exactly! When in a hurry I just look up for the right colour and I know I am in the right direction, provided I know which station I was at. But now with so many lines, they changed it to one colour for both directions of that line......they don't have enough colours to cover all lines and directions and it would also be chaotic with too many colours is what they told me

@trenzterra 4 ай бұрын

Wow didn't know we had yellow and blue lines in the 1980s

@C151Shaun 4 ай бұрын

Yellow was for northbound service and blue was for westbound service. It was like this until 2001.

@jonathanya154 4 ай бұрын

They run out of colour choice after too many lines went operational…

@maccomplex 4 ай бұрын

Sydney still has these same gates but with an updated module for contactless payments

@juzloopz24 4 ай бұрын

The Pioneers worked realy hard..

@albinoasesino 4 ай бұрын

2:35 Wait till they hear of this thing called SIMPLYGO

@EZJRVCXY 4 ай бұрын

they will crawl out of their grave and haunt the person who invented SIMPLYGO

@MoonLiteNite 3 ай бұрын

I won't use transit in USA cause they all want cash, or prepaid cards and crap. But when i am in singapore, i use MRT all the time, paywave is magical :) so quick, don't gotta talk to anyone, don't have to bring money. And nowadays, don't even need a card, just my phone works!

@jaytan2649 4 ай бұрын

"Once you enter the station, you will notice how clean and modern MRT facilities are...." Me: Looks at the MRT toilets

@kyoli9847 4 ай бұрын

City hall station still looking similar to this

@mehmehmehmehmehmehmeh 3 ай бұрын

Those gates knocked the wind outta me, good times

@echakarian 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@C151Shaun 4 ай бұрын

Do you have one on the woodlands extension?

@gheelaw7153 3 ай бұрын

see how advanced is Singapore and its Citizens even in 1988? I can ever see some of them already wearing Bluetooth earbuds.

@bearysweetgyu2774 4 ай бұрын

omg this is so fascinating

@hermdude 4 ай бұрын

Watching this made me realise the Japanese lines haven’t really changed since the 80s other than adding Suica/IC cards, assuming they were ‘modernised’ around the same time.

@stephenbachmann1171 4 ай бұрын

They have. Tokyo metro and private train lines are now connected, so you can travel ridiculous distances without changing lines. There have also been numerous new express services to regional cities which didn’t exist then. AC systems have improved markedly since the 90s, and more than a few lines have had stations completely remodelled and refurbished. Punctuality and comfort are better and noise levels are lower in Japanese trains even today.

@ZenaGivan 4 ай бұрын

Yes the 1st MRT train was from Japan.

@Singapore_player0808 4 ай бұрын

Hes back🎉🎉

@david8964 4 ай бұрын

it take me back to 80s

@realcartoongirl 3 ай бұрын

they are 60 years old now

@Jx0592 3 ай бұрын

Interesting that SG had the ' north south east west bound ' system then! Thats modeled after the UK's (or at least london's) system. i was so confused there lol as a younger person

@TimothyMokCJ 3 ай бұрын

This will no longer make sense. Use the line system.

@Tony.L9793 4 ай бұрын

Those were the days using this type of transit cards😂

@kimhonggoh5882 4 ай бұрын

Good accent, English,clear, steady

@sieandknsproductions3491 3 ай бұрын

Great way to get used to standard English for Singaporeans

@SuperValue350 4 ай бұрын

Legacy of Ong Teng Cheong. Meanwhile, no one cares about KFC.

@lightspeeder 3 ай бұрын

People care about his son

@officialnyiyanmoehtet 4 ай бұрын

Wait that's the same guy from the Just Follow Law movie! The funny boss.

@yongjie1997 4 ай бұрын

It's Billy Bong!

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

Nope, it's Samuel Chong 张永权. 😂😂😂

@loampaulussimatupang7721 3 ай бұрын

In the past, there was no MRT Singapore payment via Ez Link cards or bank cards

@kenglucktan8996 4 ай бұрын

This is pretty cool

@puppydoge2322 4 ай бұрын

Is that Billy bong

@stsh 4 ай бұрын

Toa Payoh to Dhoby Ghaut went from $0.70 to $1.30. Not too bad

@Tony.L9793 4 ай бұрын

It maybe increased each and every year😂

@jessicaregina1956 4 ай бұрын

I take the mrt for free 😂

@TimothyMokCJ 4 ай бұрын

Now it is $1.09 - $2.50.

@h3llmag3 3 ай бұрын

I was just born on this year 😮

@SongShiyu 4 ай бұрын

Goo'ol days

@arsewipe22424 4 ай бұрын

Are you uploading the other languages soon?

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

Chinese version is uploaded. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdxzadOQ0NvalGQ.htmlsi=M3_jIa33eCgvWQf2

@disiaosiao5931 4 ай бұрын

Seems like we don’t hv a lot of travellers back then compared to now

@Ukai_ptk 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Lee Kwan Yew

@Whimsicaltalesx 3 ай бұрын

And the late Mr Ong Teng Cheong there wouldn’t be MRT system if not for him

@Ukai_ptk 3 ай бұрын

@@Whimsicaltalesx thanks mr ong, them all synergy

@myaurora88 4 ай бұрын

haiz in the 80s, remaining value can be displayed while in 2024, it can no longer display and pple are finding excuses...

@shervintan 4 ай бұрын

Life sucks, as you know. We were once excited about future developments, but I've come to realize that I prefer the simplicity of older days. I wish it could be permanent.

@BaySean 4 ай бұрын

Samuel Chong?

@sgdkdl 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@BaySean 4 ай бұрын

When these NEW stations have existed before 2001 💚🚇 W13 Pioneer W14 Joo Koon W15 Gul Circle W16 Tuas Crescent W17 Tuas West Road W18 Tuas Link W7A Dover E13 Expo E14 Changi Airport. 🛫 ❤🚇 N13 Canberra N19 Sungei Kadut M2 Marina South Pier. Right?

@i_want_you_to_smile_now 4 ай бұрын

LoL Sungei Kadut🥺🥺🥺 is there such station along the EW or NS line, i dun think so

@BaySean 4 ай бұрын

@user-np3tm4nk6m that's teh future infill station between Kranji and Yew Tee.

@NeoTalon 3 ай бұрын

I LOVE MRT!!!

@mysticery 4 ай бұрын

Dang. How tall is he.

@officialnyiyanmoehtet 4 ай бұрын

6ft 183cm.

@ZenaGivan 4 ай бұрын

No. Is 190cm

@foobar1500 3 ай бұрын

As a tall Northern European I have learned to be deeply respectful and bow to MRT doors and vertical rail - because if I don't, I almost certainly hit my head on them! (I've also learned that there are probably slight differences in the door and rail heights between different lines, although it might be just my imagination.) A local tall enough to be wary of the door height (or rather, lack of it) like the narrator is not that a common sight. There's clearly a difference in comparison to Northern European systems like MRT; if I would run out of one completely straight, practically both feet off the floor at the same time I might have a very slight chance to hit my head.

@GingerOreo 3 ай бұрын

He is definitely at least 1.9m, as my friend who is 1.85m doesn’t look as tall as he does in the video.

@agymayachelonia8381 4 ай бұрын

The music!!!

@jaffarz 3 ай бұрын

6:34 people very eager to get on lol

@gheelaw7153 3 ай бұрын

in the 70 80's even 90s, people dress sense hair style and social behaviour are very standard and very forgiving and most people are helpful. You can see people not gluing their eyes on their mobile phone. 2021 onwards, so many issues happening all around the worlds. Can you count the number of wars happening now?

@BaySean 4 ай бұрын

6:34 now elevated MRT stns have platform doors 🚇🇸🇬

@f.p1758 4 ай бұрын

Ohhhh, thats why theres a ticketing booth at the mrt Even though there are no ticket

@weirdshit 4 ай бұрын

You were expecting tickets to be in paper form during then?

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

Now that ticket booth transform to SimplyGo ticket office.

@setsuro.splice 4 ай бұрын

ah man... 80s were so awesome. One look and you know its from the 80s. @2:51 green, blue, yellow. lol.... wheres red? xD

@platinumbridge 3 ай бұрын

Omg its Billy Bong

@shadowtrooper262 4 ай бұрын

Last time got lift? How can disabled wheelchair bound personnel ride?

@terencew3840 4 ай бұрын

nope. retrofitted after 2000.

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

The lift start operation back in 2005.

@theTribalismChief 4 ай бұрын

Wah..back then the fares were inexpensive 🥹🥹

@terencew3840 4 ай бұрын

1988 fishball noodles, chicken rice, fried kway teow was $1.50. coffee was 50c

@Ihatelifebruh 3 ай бұрын

The fares adjusted for inflation actually went down tbh

@gondryeros 4 ай бұрын

THIS GUY IS CUTE AS HELL

@summerventi4597 3 ай бұрын

why this is on my recommendation

@ilhamrj2599 4 ай бұрын

Wow, Singaporean used to speak with this kind of English accent??

@xxDxxism 4 ай бұрын

presenters lah bro until now presenters also speak more formal one

@SuperValue350 4 ай бұрын

Singaporeans can speak formally if they wish. Nothing wrong with informal Singlish in a casual context.

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

His chinese also can speak very well in Chinese version. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdxzadOQ0NvalGQ.htmlsi=M3_jIa33eCgvWQf2

@MoonLiteNite 3 ай бұрын

I think that would be like the brittish posh accent, or very netural accent. Like in UK they use that style for the news and stuff. Well they used to. Now they use normal voice

@GingerOreo 3 ай бұрын

Anyone knows the name of the presenter?

@nuzereta4471 2 ай бұрын

"There is no war in ba sing se" ahh accent

@jonathanya154 4 ай бұрын

Telephone number was still 7 digit.

@MoonLiteNite 3 ай бұрын

Crazy how the stations look very much the same. The biggest difference is the way people dress

@tanjunweirs7jd4pu1p 4 ай бұрын

Katong Park Please mind the platform gap

@MoonLiteNite 3 ай бұрын

Next stop NOO-VEEE--NAAAHHHH

@cva9928 3 ай бұрын

Remember that time when Singaporeans actually spoke better english than our ministers today (i.e. Lawrence Wong) and most CNA readers who are American wannabes? 😅

@sxnchou 3 ай бұрын

but there's no point trying to have a brit/american accent when we aren't brits or americans? he only "speaks better" to you because he's not using a singaporean accent

@cva9928 3 ай бұрын

@@sxnchou Why is your idea of good English consists of British or American accents? That was not what I was saying but rather, I was condemning some news readers on CNA with pretentious American accents.

@izzatfauzimustafa6535 4 ай бұрын

Who's the presenter in the video guide?

@leshredder 4 ай бұрын

His name is Samuel Zhang / Zhang yong Quan 张永全

@feverpitchxx 4 ай бұрын

What on earth happened in Singapore back in 80s? The accent hahahahaha.

@ornelassilva6690 4 ай бұрын

I wish my country could be as organized :((((

@andersonnick8526 4 ай бұрын

I see which nation you’re from

@luib7701 4 ай бұрын

Same here in Philippines

@ansonchanhahaha 4 ай бұрын

Where are you from? MRT is becoming the standard in city building nowadays

@ornelassilva6690 10 күн бұрын

@@ansonchanhahaha Hello sorry for the late reply. Angola.

@ornelassilva6690 10 күн бұрын

@@andersonnick8526 Hello sorry for the late reply. Angola.

@mlkelt 4 ай бұрын

Isn’t that Samuel Chong?

@sgdkdl 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@i-vernsimphonique3012 4 ай бұрын

He speaks very well. ❤ Very presentable!

@sgdkdl 4 ай бұрын

@i-vernsimphonique2458 He also appeared on security video for MRT too.

@jonathanya154 4 ай бұрын

@@i-vernsimphonique3012 And he is equally well in mandarin.

@jays_waki_official 3 ай бұрын

Yes, and his chinese also speak very well in Chinese version. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdxzadOQ0NvalGQ.htmlsi=M3_jIa33eCgvWQf2

@goodness_graciousme 29 күн бұрын

Ehhhh! Its Billy Bong!!! 😂

@DicePunk 4 ай бұрын

Who remembers scraping your forehead with those tickets?

@user-lh6cp7oi7f 3 ай бұрын

张永权 1958, 66 years old in 2024

@projohn123 4 ай бұрын

And this one is free, very Singaporean😂

@user-ks5em9tq8o 4 ай бұрын

这酷似现在广东的地铁

@SubstituteRealitiesChannel 3 ай бұрын

ah yes the old floppy transitlink cards, so straight forward and simple. Not the crap they wanna force it down people throats and got U-turn after backlash LOL

@AllXaZ 3 ай бұрын

For real bro