Скачать или смотреть The Fascinating History of the First MRT Lines in Singapore

Toa Payoh is one of the stations opened on that day as the first opened segment of MRT North-South Line between Toa Payoh and Yio Chu Kang.

Against all odds and oppositions due to its ridiculous cost, limited local expertise at the beginning of the project, and financial risk, MRT becomes the moving factor of the people and economy in the term of time savings and real estate value.

What are the factors that made Singapore decide to build the MRT network and what are the stories behind its realisation?


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SPEECH BY BG (NS) LEE HSIEN LOONG, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, AT THE SINGAPORE MASS RAPID TRANSIT EMPLOYEES’ UNION (SMRTEU)`S ANNUAL DINNER AND DANCE (1996) Speech By Bg (Ns) Lee Hsien Loong,
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KEYWORDS: Singapore MRT, Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore public transport, MRT history, SMRT, Singapore rail, metro, underground, Toa Payoh, Singapore train, North-South Line, NSL, MRT first line