INITIAL OPENING

SMRT offical opening souvenir ticket(A BIT UNCLEAR)Date:12 March 1988 On 7 November 1987,the first 6 kilometres of the North South Line from Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh went into operation.The novelty resulted in thousands flocking to the 5 station segment of the line just to experience and try out the system.At the launching of Toa Payoh Station,Mr Ong was quoted as saying that"this is like a 20-year affair from conception to delivery.Now the baby is born,to say that I am happy and pleased is an understatement."Nine more stations from Novena to Outram Park were officially opened 12 December 1987 by then Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.These trains ran as a through service from one end to the other even though Tanjong Pagar and Outram Park on the East West Line(EWL).On 12 March 1988,with the opening of six more stations from Tiong Bahru to Clementi on the East West Line,City Hall and Raffles Place became interchange stations between the two lines.On the same day,the system was officially launched by Mr Lee Kuan Yew,then Prime Minister of Singapore.