Tuesday, November 30, 2010

THE OLD SINGAPORE MASS RAPID TRANSIT(SMRT)

Another view of the old system map

Another old system map

The system map before the North East Line(NEL) and the Circle Line(CCL) opened.Dover MRT Station was still under construction at that time

A train at the middle platform of Jurong East MRT Station bound for Choa Chu Kang MRT Station as the Woodlands extension between Choa Chu Kang MRT Station and Yishun MRT Station did not exist at that time


A brochure on how to identify trainsets with  four-digit carriage numbers which can be found on the exterior and the interior of a train

Old station signage at Raffles Place MRT Station with a North South Line(NSL)train at Platform D(then known as Platform 4)

A brochure about Expo MRT Station which opened on 10 January 2001

The introduction brochure about Changi Airport MRT Station,The CGA-TNM shuttle service timings and the Rail Travel Information System(RATIS) which replaced the flip-dot displays in 2002

An information brochure about the upcoming Kawasaki Heavy Industries/Nippon Sharyo C751Bs a.k.a "Black Trains" which were purchased for the Changi Airport-Tanah Merah train shuttle service

The old faregates with magnetic farecard components at City Hall MRT Station(the gates still exist but had their magnetic farecard components removed and were upgraded to accept ez-link cards in 2002)

A brochure about the introduction of the Platform Screen Door(PSD) warning light

The old route map with legends and information about transfers between the East West Line(EWL) and the North South Line(NSL) and about the stations' alphanumeric codes

 Information brochure to guide commuters travelling for the first time on the MRT

The old route map before the MRT system started running

The system map before the Circle Line(CCL) opened
These photographs are about the MRT system in its early days.ENJOY!