So many old tech spotted 4:16 old mobile phone 7:14 laptops back in the day 7:50 neon lights rather than LED 7:52 old payphones 8:10 the old ticketing machine 8:41 the old cards that you insert inside 9:47 dot matrix and not LCD
For those wondering about the music... 0:01 Anthony Hobson - Facets 1 1:13 Mark Steeds - Corporate Identity 3:04 Anthony Hobson - West Runway 4:27 Anthony Hobson - Over The Moon 6:19 Andy Quin - Network Link 7:28 Mark Steeds - Up and Running 8:51 Anthony Hobson - International Business 10:37 Mark Steeds - Upwardly Mobile 13:45 Anthony Hobson - Telecom The tracks are all on De Wolfe Music Library
Sometimes, idiots like you don't know the definition of "appreciation," if the MRT system didn't exist, how do you think we are gonna get around the island.
You know what? I want SMRT to remake this video, with the same music, but now featuring the Circle Line in addition to the North-South and East West Lines, as well as their extensions that have been added since this video was made, and highlighting all the latest technologies and improvements they have made to the system in recent years since Saw Phaik Hwa got chased off.
1994..the time and year you see books,magazine and newspaper were on their hands... Present...phones,tablets or other elctronics on their hands....books,magazines and newspapers are rare
This, in my honest opinion, is the greatest video to exist of all time. Spot on music, and cinematography. Not often you get to see a promotional video's music correspond so well with the theme and the scene playing. The narrator's voice would by my ideal ASMRist.
One of the things that will never change: we see our NS men in the train. If the MRT is gonna shut down in the future, like how KTM closed down, it would be a very sad goodbye.
Ah... the good old days, when there were queues for public phone, when one had space in the train even during peak hours and when SMRT actually ran without any problems and was the pride of the nation. Miss the good old days ....
I left Singapore in 2007 to do my primary 6 in India , when in 2013 I came back I was surprised to see those doors. Luckily Lrt train stations still don’t have those doors 🎉
1994 i was only 18yrs old. 1994 was not so crowded in singapore. Now 2018, i was 42 yrs and singapore became most expensive with overcrowded trains but still lower wages.
The music at around 4:30 is called Over The Moon by Unit 9 from De Wolfe from 1982. I suspect all of the tracks in there are also from De Wolfe, although I don't recognize them.
by reading comment below about the video, i wonder why many singaporeans complain about the mrt system in singapore. All singaporeans should be greatful for the mrt system they have because i think mrt system in singapore is the best one and singapore also have another good public transportation. Im indonesian living in Jakarta and always using mrt when in singapore really amaze and like it very much abput mrt system there. And for those of singaporeans who keep complaining about public transport system esp smrt, you should try how we Jakarta people commute everyday using public transportation esp commuter line rail service which very not comfortable because very crowded inside like sardine in rush hour and the air-con not working properly in some train.
SMRT Trains - Excellence In The New Horrible Era (2010) SMRT Trains - Excellence In Everyday Breakdowns (2012) SMRT Trains - Excellence In KBW's Harakiri (2017)
Idk how I ended up here. But wow...this video was when phones were not common..everyone dont keep left on the escalator. the stations have no barrier...the trains were manually driven...ah..good old days
When I watch this video, it brought back sweet memories of my childhood, and I cried. If only SAW would resign and let someone more competent do her job for $1.8 million. What has become of the Singapore I knew as a child?
8:21 bus route information for Dhoby Ghaut? I see, among other routes that are still around, 16E, 182, and 952. 16E is now 36 if I'm not wrong, the 182 shown here was withdrawn and the number recycled for a route that now serves Tuas, and 952 is long gone as well.
08:52 is Dhoby Ghaut MRT station without Northeast Line and Circle Line. In 2010, when half of CCL opened, it became Singapore's first MRT station to serve as an interchange for 3 lines
When the government allows public transport (public goods) to be run by a private enterprise who's main purpose is PROFIT, then you can find that the emphasis is no longer on maintaining the gold standard in reliability, comfort and sufficient capacity for passengers to be comfortable in the carriage. Instead, you will find that space will be tight, they will ensure that the maximum will be packed and squeezed into each carriage to maximize their profits per run.
Yeah, it used to be a terminus station, just like Boon Lay MRT. This one is long before MRT map revamped in August 2001 making all MRT lines have one color each in the map.
this video upload for many years already and during the time 1987 the first station was Yio chu kang Toapayo and Ang Mo kio this was the first 3 station
Some say they did that because of the amount of suicides on rails but I heard there were less suicides. It's because one school girl was dizzy and accidentally fell on the tracks and got her legs crushed from a train
+Eason Loo I saw it in Wikipedia but I think the sentence is deleted and I'm kind of sure that c151b will operate on east west line in 2018 due to a new signaling system, it's kinda sad for me because I always ride with east west line. (
Dang, I remember how I always loved riding the MRT trains just for fun when I was still living in Singapore. I'm now living in Calgary, Canada and the trains here kinda suck since there are not much stations for the city (there are only two lines) and they have to run on the roads in the downtown area as well (like the trams in San Francisco if you know what I'm talking about) since there is no such things as underground stations. Like buses, sometimes they are late :/ Seriously, it snows here in Canada and buses sometimes don't run well. We need a train system like SMRT!
Ian Video Productions I like it here in Canada though, I'm just not a huge fan of the transportation system in my city. It's also cheaper to afford a car here, so I just usually take the car.
Wow, these trains are considered to be the last few first-generation trains to be refurbished. The last one of the oldest trains to be refurbished is trainset 075/076.
I think the PR machine now cannot deny that the system is already much worse than the video suggests. Since 2011 the Singapore's MRT is considered the biggest embarrassment Singapore has ever produced. But that one is the fault from the management.
It is really an golden age of MRT and Singapore in 1994, but now east and west line usually breaks down in rush hour, the trains and signal systems need to be repaired and upgraded.
0:33 Are the two trains on the left C651s as well? They look like they have a flip-dot train run number display. Can't see the one on the right since the display doesn't light up on that one.
So many old tech spotted
4:16 old mobile phone
7:14 laptops back in the day
7:50 neon lights rather than LED
7:52 old payphones
8:10 the old ticketing machine
8:41 the old cards that you insert inside
9:47 dot matrix and not LCD
Back when stuff were reasonably good in price.. 🥲
For those wondering about the music...
0:01 Anthony Hobson - Facets 1
1:13 Mark Steeds - Corporate Identity
3:04 Anthony Hobson - West Runway
4:27 Anthony Hobson - Over The Moon
6:19 Andy Quin - Network Link
7:28 Mark Steeds - Up and Running
8:51 Anthony Hobson - International Business
10:37 Mark Steeds - Upwardly Mobile
13:45 Anthony Hobson - Telecom
The tracks are all on De Wolfe Music Library
Thank you so much.
Ok! Thanks For That! ❤
The Time Gap is Huge! Look! No Smartphones at all!
Omg ur comment is 8 years ago..now even worse more smartphone users
No masks as well
We’re done with masks now!
Ancient comment
1994 was the golden age of the MRT. Who's still viewing this in 2017? 🙈🙈
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KaiserTube HD If i am not wrong, National Library Building has a copy/copies of it. Some of its other branches have this video too.
SMRT Trains - Excellence In Breaking down (2014)
😢
Look Yong Hao because they using china to repair the train
Sometimes, idiots like you don't know the definition of "appreciation," if the MRT system didn't exist, how do you think we are gonna get around the island.
Dolan da doode den u what
Take over smrt is it
Like u can
Dolan da doode if u cant shut the fuck up
You know what? I want SMRT to remake this video, with the same music, but now featuring the Circle Line in addition to the North-South and East West Lines, as well as their extensions that have been added since this video was made, and highlighting all the latest technologies and improvements they have made to the system in recent years since Saw Phaik Hwa got chased off.
eXAKR agree
eXAKR also agree
Why not the BPLRT
LRT
They really need to do this.
1994..the time and year you see books,magazine and newspaper were on their hands...
Present...phones,tablets or other elctronics on their hands....books,magazines and newspapers are rare
agree
The Present Day I see people in the MRT using phones, even me.
Let’s read newspapers on the train again shall we
Now everything is online that's why many people read the magazines and newspapers on websites
I really wanted to go back to 1994 to ride the Mrt then.
Lyon TanIsAwesome
That was unrefurbished c151
it is the same as a regular C151 GTO-Chopper but C651 style
We all do
I wanna ride the non aircon buses more tbh
This, in my honest opinion, is the greatest video to exist of all time. Spot on music, and cinematography. Not often you get to see a promotional video's music correspond so well with the theme and the scene playing.
The narrator's voice would by my ideal ASMRist.
SMRT Trains - Excellence in Breakdowns and Flooding (2013)
One of the things that will never change: we see our NS men in the train. If the MRT is gonna shut down in the future, like how KTM closed down, it would be a very sad goodbye.
Lies again? Smell my armpits
I will be depressed if MRT shut down in future
@@ArturoPlotogonvideosArturoMRT will never shut down, it is the pride of Singapore..if it shuts down it will stop Singapore too.
@@suhandatankerif MRT closes down in SFt,we will become like Bengaluru traffic
@@akshaylenin7166 more like Dhaka 💀 Singapore is so compressed it will clog up all the highways in like 1-2 days
One of the reliable train systems in Singapore. A tourist from the Philippines
Ah... the good old days, when there were queues for public phone, when one had space in the train even during peak hours and when SMRT actually ran without any problems and was the pride of the nation. Miss the good old days ....
For some reason I really love the music at the beginning. It has that feel of 1990's optimism to it.
Dunno if you’ll see it but. Another comment posted the songs!
Wow. Back when the elevated train stations didn't have the platform barriers. I miss how open it was at those stations.
I left Singapore in 2007 to do my primary 6 in India , when in 2013 I came back I was surprised to see those doors. Luckily Lrt train stations still don’t have those doors 🎉
1994 i was only 18yrs old. 1994 was not so crowded in singapore. Now 2018, i was 42 yrs and singapore became most expensive with overcrowded trains but still lower wages.
Thank you SMRT
ahh,good old unrefurbished C151
C151 is now refurbished
No, it's a unrefurbished C651. Now, C651 is refurbished. But sadly, soon, C651 is gone.
@@husni625offical3 bro last time c151 has the same livery as the c651
Yes.
@@husni625offical3 dei research before you even speak
The music at around 4:30 is called Over The Moon by Unit 9 from De Wolfe from 1982. I suspect all of the tracks in there are also from De Wolfe, although I don't recognize them.
SMRT is not like what it was 20 years ago.
The MRT is ageing and the systems and all are going old. They are doing a their best with maintenance work.
Your comment was 7 years ago omg. How is smrt for u now? Haha
@@Joseph6798-t6p you're a salty little man behind the keyboard
@@timelapsesofsingapore5674 Im a girl? And I don't eat salty things, Im sugary:) buy me koi thanks
@@Joseph6798-t6p you think you funny.
by reading comment below about the video, i wonder why many singaporeans complain about the mrt system in singapore. All singaporeans should be greatful for the mrt system they have because i think mrt system in singapore is the best one and singapore also have another good public transportation. Im indonesian living in Jakarta and always using mrt when in singapore really amaze and like it very much abput mrt system there. And for those of singaporeans who keep complaining about public transport system esp smrt, you should try how we Jakarta people commute everyday using public transportation esp commuter line rail service which very not comfortable because very crowded inside like sardine in rush hour and the air-con not working properly in some train.
I remembered Northeast line was under-planning at that time when this video was filmed 18 years ago.
Back then people used to read newspaper and books in trains. Nowadays. *sigh*
Why cannot ah? It's our phones and your using one too so don't complain
Ok boomer not your problem anyways
@@justsomepandawithinternet I expected that LOL
@@zackskynightgt3227 ikr now is way better
SMRT Trains - Excellence In The New Horrible Era (2010)
SMRT Trains - Excellence In Everyday Breakdowns (2012)
SMRT Trains - Excellence In KBW's Harakiri (2017)
And excellence in a slew of spamming KSF trains 2011, 2017 and 2018 onwards
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Idk how I ended up here. But wow...this video was when phones were not common..everyone dont keep left on the escalator. the stations have no barrier...the trains were manually driven...ah..good old days
The trains still manually driven la
Who is watching in 2018 wow so much have change in just 24 years
Smrt was so reliable back in the 90s. Now trains are always slow and crowded.
@y2koh If you mean what is currently the RATIS, they have all been replaced. Flip-disc displays still exist on the C651s and some SMRT buses.
THESE WERE THE TIMES BEFORE WE DECIDED TO SELL OUR SOULS FOR MONEY THAT NEVER GETS INTO OUR POCKETS
those were the days without smartphone! golden!
1:20 "Safe. Reliable. Efficient."
Now: "Unsafe. Unreliable. Inefficient."
Thanks, Saw Phaik Hwa!
When I watch this video, it brought back sweet memories of my childhood, and I cried. If only SAW would resign and let someone more competent do her job for $1.8 million. What has become of the Singapore I knew as a child?
She did.
Oh wow 👏 now MRT got disruption 😭
SMRT Trains - Excellence in going too fast (2016)
SMRT Trains - Excellence In Being Broken Down (2013)
When mrt has no breakdowns, no delays, no disruptions, less crowded and commuting around are more pleasant
8:21 bus route information for Dhoby Ghaut?
I see, among other routes that are still around, 16E, 182, and 952. 16E is now 36 if I'm not wrong, the 182 shown here was withdrawn and the number recycled for a route that now serves Tuas, and 952 is long gone as well.
And now SMRT changed alot.
I miss those flip-disc displays
I was born in 1999, the same year the C751B trains were made :D Those trains were my favorites!
FastCarsNoRules220 smae omg
Same*
08:52 is Dhoby Ghaut MRT station without Northeast Line and Circle Line. In 2010, when half of CCL opened, it became Singapore's first MRT station to serve as an interchange for 3 lines
952 is a Woodlands service which is under planning by SMRT Busses in since 2008. I hope they don't forget...
NO ONE WAS GLUED TO THEIR FREAKING HANDPHONES BACK THEN! CLASSIC!
Um you know news are also on the phone and also it does not cost money
The one and only video that REALLY documents Singapore MRT.
When the government allows public transport (public goods) to be run by a private enterprise who's main purpose is PROFIT, then you can find that the emphasis is no longer on maintaining the gold standard in reliability, comfort and sufficient capacity for passengers to be comfortable in the carriage.
Instead, you will find that space will be tight, they will ensure that the maximum will be packed and squeezed into each carriage to maximize their profits per run.
Yeah, it used to be a terminus station, just like Boon Lay MRT. This one is long before MRT map revamped in August 2001 making all MRT lines have one color each in the map.
this video upload for many years already and during the time 1987 the first station was Yio chu kang Toapayo and Ang Mo kio this was the first 3 station
The time when platforms didn't have doors and the outfits in the footage, so nostalgic!!
Some say they did that because of the amount of suicides on rails but I heard there were less suicides. It's because one school girl was dizzy and accidentally fell on the tracks and got her legs crushed from a train
That primary school student really knows how to take train by herself.
All for drama only!!
nope
Singaporeans so civilised when taking escalator in 1994, occupying it to the max efficiency.
I was born 12 years after this video
2006?
The times when service was top class.
ofcourse. less lines, less trains to handle.
I like their old uniform.
now we have a new white bodied train C151B
c151b debut is not yet
it will be on service on late 2017 or early 2018
+Eason Loo actually is 2016 on north south line but I heard it will operate on east west line on 2018
+Lancelot De mole how u know
+Eason Loo I saw it in Wikipedia but I think the sentence is deleted and I'm kind of sure that c151b will operate on east west line in 2018 due to a new signaling system, it's kinda sad for me because I always ride with east west line. (
The ATC was really way back now the new ATC look awesome
1994 what great days? when I was a baby train ride so awesome?
Then: Excellence in Motion.
Now: (insert expletive here) in Motion.
1 : 05
I had never seen students going to school at that time today
Dang, I remember how I always loved riding the MRT trains just for fun when I was still living in Singapore. I'm now living in Calgary, Canada and the trains here kinda suck since there are not much stations for the city (there are only two lines) and they have to run on the roads in the downtown area as well (like the trams in San Francisco if you know what I'm talking about) since there is no such things as underground stations. Like buses, sometimes they are late :/ Seriously, it snows here in Canada and buses sometimes don't run well. We need a train system like SMRT!
Why do you need to live in Canada if you don't like it? Singapore is so good now!
Ian Video Productions I like it here in Canada though, I'm just not a huge fan of the transportation system in my city. It's also cheaper to afford a car here, so I just usually take the car.
oh and the transit system there is literally just light rail :/
well this train has been operating for so long so it make sense to have little malfunction for the trains i hope they solve the problem
this make me feel like going back to singapore now
Imagine they created “SMRT - Shenanigans in Motion”.
That was when Siemens C651 MRT trains began operations... They have STARIS now ((:
This is not c651 its c151 unrefurbished
@@GuestHypRthe part with the red lights beside the TC is a C651, as the C151 tc cab is not like that
0:34
For me, I was born in 1995, a year later after this SMRT video was filmed.
For Me,I Was Born In 2004,4 Years After The Debut Of C751B Trains In 2000.
@@SGrailadventure2004 wow same here
@@daheadchopper4954 You Also Born In 2004?
I was also born in 1995
i was born before this vid was uploaded
1995 born here 🙋🏽♂️
Didn't know there's a C651. 0-43
Wow, these trains are considered to be the last few first-generation trains to be refurbished. The last one of the oldest trains to be refurbished is trainset 075/076.
are these trains the white trains that sometimes operate on the NSL/EWL/CGL?
are these trains still in service?
They still are. Kawasaki C151 right? They got repainted
The white ones are SIE C651s
Woahh the advertising boards in the tunnel platform. It’s so cool 2:16
I love Singapore and Singapore Airlines.
Singapore changes alot actually.. wow..
Yes Since 1987.
So they were already around back in 1994? That's earlier than I remember - I don't recall them until around 1995 or 1996.
Anyone knows what the soundtrack name is between 7:27 - 8:51? Thank you.
Wearing oversize clothings are the trend in the early 90s.
0:22 That little girl is an adult already
no shit
But how tall now? 155cm? 160cm?
2018 anyone? Just me? Okay T^T
Thats long before the MRT map got revamped by then Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong in 2001.
Old toa payoh bus interchange 1:32
Very good history!
0:54 Juanita Melson’s announcement.
Who is still watching in 2024?
I think the PR machine now cannot deny that the system is already much worse than the video suggests. Since 2011 the Singapore's MRT is considered the biggest embarrassment Singapore has ever produced. But that one is the fault from the management.
Anyone remember the time when MRT trains were colourful on the outside, and there were ads displayed in the underground MRT stations?
They Maintaned the Trains but forgot the Tracks. Damn.
The MRT map has since been changed on July 31, 2001 ((:
The quality exactly fits the style
But now is 2021!?!
Hmm...
"Safe, reliable and user-friendly MRT system" reminds me of the NSL disruptions.
I really miss those days...
@periwinkleRin What do you mean "aiyo old fashion hp"?
It is really an golden age of MRT and Singapore in 1994, but now east and west line usually breaks down in rush hour, the trains and signal systems need to be repaired and upgraded.
You know this is the 90s when phones are like 4:14
I miss the good old times where the trains weren't so crowded.. traffics were less congested.
yeah and im born in 1999 gee i wish i could go back to singapore now
Wow I'am impress by this vid. Thanks for the upload :D
Because it was the newest train at that time?
If this is 1994 why is it all unrefurb C151 in vid and no C651 in video?
13:48
0:33 Are the two trains on the left C651s as well? They look like they have a flip-dot train run number display.
Can't see the one on the right since the display doesn't light up on that one.
So c651!
Well yes, if u look at the cockpit, the unrefurbed C151 has different cockpit controls
6:54 - 6:58 the train is so cute
...
Hi lusitania
8:03 - 8:20 Miss those days :')
In the older days,London underground had A60 stock.In Singapore,C151 is the older trains