Singapore's 5 MRT station names and its stories you might not know about

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  • Опубліковано 30 лис 2024

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  • @kahmengphang8064
    @kahmengphang8064 4 роки тому +295

    one-north
    two-south
    three-east
    four-west

    • @vernicemah
      @vernicemah 4 роки тому +46

      five-central

    • @ellew8926
      @ellew8926 4 роки тому

      hahahahhahah

    • @alexleo172
      @alexleo172 4 роки тому +16

      six-northeast
      seven-northwest
      eight-southeast
      nine-southwest

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 роки тому +6

      '2-west' was the original name for Jurong Innovation District IIRC

    • @ChaoticMinorPlanet
      @ChaoticMinorPlanet 6 місяців тому

      10-north

  • @barndoon2276
    @barndoon2276 4 роки тому +223

    meanwhile all the primary school kids : REDHILL THE PERSON DIE ON THE HILL BECOME REDHILL Sicccc

    • @alexleo172
      @alexleo172 4 роки тому +7

      There is also a station in London called "Redhill"

    • @johnnyjunior658
      @johnnyjunior658 4 роки тому

      TheKindSoul TKS 8

    • @Belryllium
      @Belryllium 3 роки тому +3

      ah yes got that from my chinese tb in P3 or P4 if I'm not wrong

    • @muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385
      @muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385 3 роки тому

      Where the red word came, the person who died is red?

    • @share_accidental
      @share_accidental 2 роки тому

      yesss i remember one chapter of the chinese textbook saying that a boy was killed & his blood flowed down the hill, hence the name redhill. actually what's the difference between bukit merah & redhill? aren't they the same meanings?

  • @tengnang
    @tengnang 4 роки тому +220

    I used to thought that Yio Chu Kang and Choa Chu Kang named after a person who are related to Phua Chu Kang.

  • @megamanexe4
    @megamanexe4 4 роки тому +134

    Also one thing u didnt know about. The old green line trains had 13 beeps after doors closing. It was changed to 10.
    The newer lines trains have 8 beeps as in the end of the recording

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому +7

      It varies for every line; north-south and east-west lines have 11, north-east has 26 and so on. Only the newest line has 7 beeps

    • @megamanexe4
      @megamanexe4 4 роки тому +4

      poteyatocheapp glad im not the only one who counts beeps

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому +1

      I only went to count after a friend of mine pointed it out to me lol

    • @felixphiamphu3180
      @felixphiamphu3180 3 роки тому +2

      Lol... is it for real?never knew about it....
      always though just beep random 🤣

    • @officialvisaural
      @officialvisaural 3 роки тому +1

      and now the Thomson-East Coast Line has 7. Lmao

  • @ahber79
    @ahber79 4 роки тому +103

    one- north is named this way as it is situated within the one-north development which spans from AYE and all the way to the estate near Holland Village. It's all small letters and a hyphen due to the branding requirements by JTC.

    • @SparkzMxzXZ
      @SparkzMxzXZ 4 роки тому +2

      Bernard Teo this is what i’d always assumed too! any source for this?

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 роки тому +1

      The name in Chinese (纬壹) is also probably the only instance where Traditional Chinese (繁体) is used (壹 instead of 一)

    • @LMGamerz40
      @LMGamerz40 2 роки тому

      one-north is named after the real estate building nearby the station

    • @alexandernikolo4631
      @alexandernikolo4631 11 місяців тому

      @@lzh4950The 壹 is not 繁體 btw! It’s what’s called 大寫數字 (big numbers). Which are numbers in Chinese used when writing cheques and other monetary related issues.
      Trad: 壹貳叄肆伍陸柒捌玖拾佰仟
      Simp: 壹贰叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾佰仟

  • @ongkristian9006
    @ongkristian9006 4 роки тому +43

    All the driverless MRT lines whose station names were mentioned have a station code of '8'. You know: DT8, CC8 & NE8.

  • @danialroslan1531
    @danialroslan1531 4 роки тому +91

    Which MRT station is the most inaccessible?
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    Kent Ridge Station 😅

    • @tong3059
      @tong3059 4 роки тому +3

      why?

    • @colonelrv4577
      @colonelrv4577 4 роки тому +28

      @@tong3059 cos you Kent Ridge (can't reach) it. bad pun i know

    • @danialroslan1531
      @danialroslan1531 4 роки тому +8

      @@colonelrv4577 haha sorry. But to be frank all the mrt jokes are quite bad puns la 😬

    • @tong3059
      @tong3059 4 роки тому +3

      @@danialroslan1531 ba dum tss

    • @alexleo172
      @alexleo172 4 роки тому +13

      My chips are very "Kranji"

  • @Wongwanchungwongjumbo
    @Wongwanchungwongjumbo Рік тому +5

    Some of these SMRT Stations Claimed to be "Haunted" , such as Woodleigh, Novena and Bishan.

  • @LMGamerz40
    @LMGamerz40 2 роки тому +5

    NOTE: Downtown MRT station was named after Downtown Line where this station is on

  • @muhamadirfaan3329
    @muhamadirfaan3329 4 роки тому +11

    The named dakota is used for the military version of the douglas dc-3 called the C-47. It was named the skytrain by the U.S but when the royal air force, the british, use it they called it dakota.

  • @jovenang7811
    @jovenang7811 4 роки тому +38

    Still curious about one-north though🤔

    • @apsodjfi4444
      @apsodjfi4444 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @AmberQi
      @AmberQi 4 роки тому +5

      i heard that the station is exact at 1 degree north, hence the name....

    • @calcavendish5430
      @calcavendish5430 4 роки тому +2

      @@AmberQi impossible, the entire Singapore is within 1degree10mins to 1dergee30mins

    • @that4x4addict
      @that4x4addict 3 роки тому

      But why at portsdown and not at somewhere at like woodlands or Changi

  • @thestar4753
    @thestar4753 4 роки тому +14

    Make more videos like this please. I like it so much!

  • @airbearbear
    @airbearbear 4 роки тому +11

    Sames goes to Jurong Point Shipping Center in Boon Lay and its not in Jurong East MRT

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому +1

      Probably because jurong east is only the east side; jurong point can be anywhere in jurong

  • @kayrusj3801
    @kayrusj3801 4 роки тому +3

    Everytime i visit Singapore i love the MRT

  • @fashionempress
    @fashionempress 4 роки тому +3

    0:07 Dakota
    0:32 Tan Kah Kee
    1:29 one-north
    1:51 City Hall
    2:38 Farrer Park / Farrer Road

  • @transportsingapore1955
    @transportsingapore1955 Рік тому

    0:07 *Dakota*
    0:32 *Tan Kah Kee*
    1:29 *one-north*
    1:51 *City Hall*
    2:38 *Farrer Park and Farrer Road*

  • @IAmPurplexed
    @IAmPurplexed 2 роки тому +3

    Students: Rambling about station name not named after a location
    Tan Tah Kee Drive: Did everybody forget about me?

  • @legendsofsingapore4735
    @legendsofsingapore4735 4 роки тому +12

    Siala bro ur Hwa Chong campus alr so big, LTA don't even want to name the bus stop in front my sch its name, now y'all want the whole mrt uh? Bro next time yall become minister of transport then change lah...

  • @sherlyxie9892
    @sherlyxie9892 3 роки тому +3

    I am from Indonesia, and have been missing so much the experience of taking mrt in SG.
    Thank you for make me remeniscing!

  • @desmondyeoh11
    @desmondyeoh11 4 роки тому +13

    hahahaha love the ending dudududududududu

  • @kittycattt5227
    @kittycattt5227 4 роки тому +3

    Dakota🌟Tan Kah Kee🌟one-north🌟City Hall🌟Farrer Park🌟Doors are closing Tut-Tut-Tut-Tut.

  • @poteyatocheapp6978
    @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому +1

    2:18 its one of the oldest but not the oldest (which is infact tpy since they topped 2 years earlier than opening date)

  • @e0031-w5e
    @e0031-w5e Рік тому +1

    Actually it is more common (around me at least) to refer to/ name a locality after it’s nearest MRT station, than the other way round.
    ie. Even if LTA or whoever gives a completely random name to a MRT station, ppl will start referring to the immediate surroundings by that name
    ie. I refer to the HC/NY/NJC area as TKK now

    • @eliasgc49
      @eliasgc49 Рік тому

      Yeah not all MRT stations are located where the actual place is at. King Albert Park MRT is located like 1 bus stop before the actual King Albert Park for example

  • @Dunnothewatch789
    @Dunnothewatch789 2 роки тому

    :TAN KAH KEE 1
    :ONE NORTH 2
    :CITY HALL3
    :DOKOTA 4
    :FARRER PARK/FARRER ROAD 5

  • @baba-yoshino
    @baba-yoshino 4 роки тому +2

    1:56 Question I’ve been meaning to ask but don’t have the courage…thanks!

  • @SirgalDelRchannel
    @SirgalDelRchannel 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome presentation.
    Thank you for this information.
    Now we know the story of these MRT stations

  • @hugeretartedsawas
    @hugeretartedsawas 4 роки тому +2

    City Hall is my favorite MRT Station! I like it when they still say "City Hall Interchange" on the intercom haha good times

    • @hugeretartedsawas
      @hugeretartedsawas 4 роки тому

      And I'm asking this because I'm not Singaporean but I was wondering why Dhoby Ghaut station is named Dhoby Ghaut while its located at like Orchard Road?

    • @ucm1313
      @ucm1313 4 роки тому +2

      @@hugeretartedsawas "Dhoby Ghaut or Dhobi Ghat (Hindi: धोबी घाट, IAST: Dhobī Ghāṭ) literally means washerman's place in Hindi, from dhobi, "washerman" or one that does laundry, and ghat, referring to a series of steps leading down to a body of water, as in the case of the Varanasi ghats by the Ganges. The Hindi term ghat passed into English usage during the British occupation of India, and was later anglicised to ghaut" (Wikipedia, 2020).

    • @hugeretartedsawas
      @hugeretartedsawas 4 роки тому

      @@ucm1313 so why does the station has to be located there instead of let's say, the north part of Singapore or east?

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому +2

      @@hugeretartedsawas the area around the station was a traditional indian laundry so they named the station Dhoby Ghaut to reflect that

    • @aaravyadav3748
      @aaravyadav3748 3 роки тому +1

      The area is also close to Little India so it makes more sense

  • @archturusdeydas3989
    @archturusdeydas3989 3 роки тому +1

    This is why the dakota station is located in old airport road.

  • @eurokid4
    @eurokid4 3 місяці тому +1

    -Tan Kah Kee- Tan Car Key✓

  • @Yourcertifiedddlchazyriverfan
    @Yourcertifiedddlchazyriverfan 2 місяці тому

    0:33 I was watching this when i was approaching tan kah kee

  • @MrBoliao98
    @MrBoliao98 4 роки тому +7

    Gonna name my kid Tan Kah Kee

  • @ggggvvv
    @ggggvvv 11 місяців тому

    Honestly one north mrt should be better named as ayer rajah or Portsdown Avenue as it reflects the area around it better

  • @porkseefurdzai6939
    @porkseefurdzai6939 2 роки тому +1

    oh la la why isn't there another mrt station called the Surdpeecious station since mrt is so surdpeecious and haunted with train stations build over cemetries and mrt suicides..help😱😱😱🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬❤️❤️❤️

  • @kazunoee
    @kazunoee 4 роки тому +2

    Singapore's stations are named after the same person that a road was named after

  • @mytravelforever
    @mytravelforever 4 роки тому

    Great. Thanks for sharing

  • @heyisbacongameplay2877
    @heyisbacongameplay2877 2 роки тому +1

    What’s more confusing is the City Halls escalators it’s totally confused me

  • @clydrgh
    @clydrgh 2 місяці тому

    I need to know why is there a First to Sixth Avenue, and what's up with Punggol Seventeenth Avenue?

  • @rajalakshmi1121
    @rajalakshmi1121 3 роки тому

    Why there call yishun and sembawang ,woodlands, Chinatown, Little India,

  • @rommelflores2618
    @rommelflores2618 Рік тому

    Cool now I know why..on to my next trip there, need to book an airfare ticket online haha.

  • @PANDA-rn3zx
    @PANDA-rn3zx 3 роки тому

    thankfully for the all those foreigners workers who built these places...

  • @VLOGSQUAD-w8h
    @VLOGSQUAD-w8h Рік тому

    and FARRER ROAD is Bukit Timah

  • @VLOGSQUAD-w8h
    @VLOGSQUAD-w8h Рік тому

    FARRER PARK at the Little India

  • @vlogkylee7382
    @vlogkylee7382 4 роки тому +1

    Place of the name is easy for people to know so they can alight their destination. Who care the dam of the history.

  • @thinkingofnew_ideaseveryday

    Hey Mothership sg how about Woodleigh MRT Station?

  • @wannywong9878
    @wannywong9878 4 роки тому

    dakota is also names in the dinosaur names 'Dakotaraptor'

  • @JecelynVer-hv4ks
    @JecelynVer-hv4ks 8 місяців тому

    Where have you found this station?

  • @BaySean
    @BaySean 3 роки тому

    There is also Boon Lay and Yishun.

    • @MarkzOng
      @MarkzOng Рік тому

      It say name after full name of a person , not name after a person.

  • @wardennecro2840
    @wardennecro2840 4 роки тому +4

    Isn’t Dakota named after an air crash incident involving a “Dakota” plane, and not due to the majority of the “Dakota’s”found in the vicinity?

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 роки тому

      Perhaps the 'Dakota' planes were in-turn named after the Dakota tribe native to N America?

    • @kagenlim5271
      @kagenlim5271 Рік тому

      Surprised there isnt an Indiana station considering thats raffles's ship

  • @remixowlz
    @remixowlz 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the history class

  • @泼买打
    @泼买打 2 місяці тому

    I still don’t know about pending (BP8) and Redhill (EW18)

  • @MarkzOng
    @MarkzOng Рік тому

    Wondering why woodleigh was woodleigh but not local name like bidadari. I perfer Bidadari which means fairy or angels.

  • @susir1884
    @susir1884 4 роки тому +1

    You do know tan kah keep isn't the last there is also prince edward stn

    • @susir1884
      @susir1884 4 роки тому

      Kee'

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому

      But prince edward not his full name lol
      and its now changed to prince edward road

  • @iplaygeometrydashforreal
    @iplaygeometrydashforreal 2 роки тому

    dakota is inspired by the douglus DC3 and north dakota and south dakota

  • @rbc812
    @rbc812 4 роки тому

    Kentucky, Mcdonald, Cha Kueh Diao, Mee robus, KKB?

  • @黑惡龍
    @黑惡龍 Рік тому

    “Farmway” instead of “Anchorvale”?

  • @jasontung5253
    @jasontung5253 4 роки тому +18

    I actually feel that St Andrew's station sounds better than City Hall.

    • @aliponsis
      @aliponsis 4 роки тому

      not true is because there will be lots of St Andrew's floating around... St Andrew Secondary and JC etc?

    • @MarkzOng
      @MarkzOng Рік тому

      ​@@aliponsis all the other are spawn of the original. These are the original, contribution to the nation .

  • @jaraza323
    @jaraza323 3 роки тому

    SG the best city in asia.

  • @babul247
    @babul247 3 роки тому

    Nice too... 👌👍

  • @meiko_shi2839
    @meiko_shi2839 3 роки тому

    Do you know that Tanah Merah, Kembangan stations are one place

  • @kidanimatoryt
    @kidanimatoryt 2 роки тому

    Huh, no. Farrer Rd is nearer to Holland and Queenstown

  • @missusCIRQUE
    @missusCIRQUE 4 роки тому +2

    We have a station called Tan Kah Kee? Hot damn, mrt stations are multiplying faster than someone who doesn't believe in contraception. xD Can't keep up.

  • @dkb-6167
    @dkb-6167 2 роки тому

    Yishun is a name of person also
    Lin Yi shun is the name

  • @Chongcheng360
    @Chongcheng360 4 роки тому +1

    Part 2 plz

  • @dereksg7510
    @dereksg7510 4 роки тому +1

    Ayer Rajah or Portsdown were by far better names than one-north. =.=

  • @蔡光容-n7z
    @蔡光容-n7z 2 місяці тому +1

    One north tow south

  • @Alvin_Railway-Transport
    @Alvin_Railway-Transport 8 місяців тому

    And Commonwealth, that word is the country that been colonized by the British UK

  • @sanosukesada7834
    @sanosukesada7834 4 роки тому +2

    The lamest one is redhill. Bukit merah got problem is it?

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому

      Yea theyre technically the same but i guess u can blame gahmen for naming one neighbourhood Redhill (nearer to MRT station) and the other Bukit Merah

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 роки тому

      Maybe LTA didn't want to mislead passengers into thinking that Redhill MRT was near Bt Merah bus interchange & town centre?

  • @1ndidhei2hw929e
    @1ndidhei2hw929e 4 роки тому

    I miss those sounds.

    • @tanmayanair4198
      @tanmayanair4198 Рік тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @SGBusClub
    @SGBusClub 4 роки тому +1

    lol the ending is funny

  • @weissweiss
    @weissweiss 4 роки тому

    this content veri gud i lyk

  • @beemerice
    @beemerice 4 роки тому

    Why did you not put Commonwealth and Queenstown in the video

  • @transportsingapore1955
    @transportsingapore1955 Рік тому

    Hey *Mothership* i know *City Hall MRT Station*

  • @foolforruel5589
    @foolforruel5589 4 роки тому

    quite cool

  • @ghracetullao2500
    @ghracetullao2500 6 місяців тому

    Did anyone forget about Toa Payoh?

  • @reddycrewmateandmini975
    @reddycrewmateandmini975 3 роки тому

    Broadrick is also in front of Dakota

  • @VLOGSQUAD-w8h
    @VLOGSQUAD-w8h Рік тому

    FARRER ROAD empress market

  • @YokeFahchong-j7z
    @YokeFahchong-j7z 5 місяців тому

    Fun fact:Dakota is where my school is at

  • @lonelymoonlight
    @lonelymoonlight Рік тому

    Ayyyy the first one Dakota

  • @pendrewluo8327
    @pendrewluo8327 4 роки тому

    Hmmm. I think the pronunciation of (Tan Kah Kee) is completely different from the (陈嘉庚) in the Standard Chinese. Is (Tan Kah Kee) the Chinese dialect pronunciation?

  • @VLOGSQUAD-w8h
    @VLOGSQUAD-w8h Рік тому

    one-north It’s a small letter

  • @carmentan9336
    @carmentan9336 4 роки тому +2

    how about canberra

    • @zo3478
      @zo3478 4 роки тому

      Named after the road

    • @poteyatocheapp6978
      @poteyatocheapp6978 4 роки тому

      Got smth to do with australia def

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 роки тому

      @@zo3478 Imagine if we'd named it after the nearby _Jln Sendudok_ instead

  • @A_OC500le
    @A_OC500le Рік тому

    I've been in City Hall

  • @pokeballersniperine4809
    @pokeballersniperine4809 4 роки тому +3

    2:37 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE

    • @Alcadeias01
      @Alcadeias01 4 роки тому +2

      No, the voice/sound taken from "Fist of the North Star" or search youtube for "omae wa mou shindeiru"

    • @Adam-ex9em
      @Adam-ex9em 4 роки тому

      no

  • @λάδα
    @λάδα 4 роки тому

    Mothership, arbiter of truth?

  • @nxqqi3290
    @nxqqi3290 4 роки тому +1

    So.. where's DT4?

    • @jamieee472
      @jamieee472 4 роки тому

      It's a future station (that currently is just a shell station). It is named Hume and is located at the junction of Upper Bukit Timah Road and Hume Avenue. It is named after Hume Avenue and the condominium estate situated there. It is expected to open in 2025.

    • @672thesketchgirl
      @672thesketchgirl 3 роки тому

      Hume, to be opened by 2025

  • @Meisdayah
    @Meisdayah 4 роки тому

    If these stations had a bio it will prolly be
    “You know my name but you don’t know my story”

    • @1monthago860
      @1monthago860 4 роки тому

      _"This is my story"_ Ugh those movies...

  • @lfc1981
    @lfc1981 4 роки тому +1

    what about all other stations? would there be a video series?

  • @weliketodance
    @weliketodance 4 роки тому

    Canberra Station?

  • @itzdanial-roblox784
    @itzdanial-roblox784 4 роки тому

    Aljunied is name after Ali aljunied

  • @ばか-j6l
    @ばか-j6l 3 роки тому

    Bukit Batok? Hill of cough?

  • @omegazx-ll6ql
    @omegazx-ll6ql 3 роки тому

    How about Bartley

  • @VLOGSQUAD-w8h
    @VLOGSQUAD-w8h Рік тому

    5 stops in the mta

  • @蔡光容-n7z
    @蔡光容-n7z 2 місяці тому +1

    Three east four west

  • @TanCk-h5f
    @TanCk-h5f 11 днів тому

    Why doesn’t anyone talk about beauty world and great world

  • @acheeyk
    @acheeyk 4 роки тому

    Where is lee kuan yew.....station ....

  • @sumalibinkasbi5602
    @sumalibinkasbi5602 3 роки тому

    Next station tokyo : Jappan MRT line

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 роки тому

      Maybe the Japanese will be calling our East West, North South & North East Lines _Tozai, Namboku_ & _Tohoku_

  • @omegazx-ll6ql
    @omegazx-ll6ql 3 роки тому

    Then how about sixth avenue

  • @TeddoLin
    @TeddoLin 4 роки тому

    Tan kah kee is wait yourself

  • @Abbydanny14
    @Abbydanny14 3 місяці тому

    I school at farrer park primary school

  • @singlah
    @singlah 3 роки тому +2

    Station names changed to reflect locations? So explain to me how St. Andrews became City Hall when the station is at St Andrew's and not at City Hall? You can't even see the old City Hall when you emerge from the station but St Andrew's would be in your face (if it wasn't for the big trees hiding most of it).

    • @MarkzOng
      @MarkzOng Рік тому

      Perhaps not to anger some community which is quick to anger ?