Block 81 Toa Payoh - GEC Express elevators

17 October 2020, 1504 to 1526 | 81 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310081, Residential HDB (Housing Development Board) building.
Sad to know that these elevators will be replaced soon by Mitsubishi Singapore (MSG) in a few months' time. Hopefully their MSG elevator replacements retain the large capacity of 16 people, else that would be a damn awful, disappointing downgrade to smaller, crappier elevators.
Lift A seems to be in a worse condition than Lift B. Its ventilator is very noisy, its announcements were softer than Lift B and it felt slightly shakier than Lift B when moving up/down. Its buzzer (to tell that the elevator has arrived) has also worn out. If possible, I do hope that they replace Lift A first, then Lift B.
Lift B's interior floor indicator has not been replaced as well. I believe the interior buttons for both elevators were also modernized to from circular to squarish ones?
Technical specifications:
Manufacturer: Express (General Electric Company)
Year installed: 1995
Capacity: 16persons/1090kg
Floors served: 1 to 24, 25 is locked
History: Original
Timestamps:
0:00 introduction
0:35 Lift A, ride up to storey 24
1:33 Lift A, ride down to storey 1
2:33 door trick on Lift A
2:51 at storey 1
2:57 waiting for Lift B
3:18 door trick on Lift B
3:42 Lift B, ride up to storey 24
4:42 at storey 24
6:30 Lift B, ride down to storey 1
7:35 both Lifts A and B at storey 1
7:54 end of video, thanks for watching!
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[@elevatorfilmersg]

Finally getting replaced now

[@caja1491]

What about this? Lift tour at Pasir Ris. For all I know, Pasir Ris has lots and lots of Express and Fujitec lifts there.

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

Interior lift buttons are def replaced at some point Blk 287 bukit batok also received a similar mod (except one of the lifts had received a heavier mod instead) and im quite sure the neighbouring blks had those circular buttons

[@chookwangzhee1889]

Block 7,7a and 7b holland village also used to have similar interior buttons before slrp to em

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

@@chookwangzhee1889 oo

[@chookwangzhee1889]

@@poteyatocheapp6978 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmLHZpJurqepfaM

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

@@chookwangzhee1889 yea i saw that earlier today

[@tonygamerrblx0]

New Indicator Arrows?!

[@LiftyGamez]

Lol I remember Shaun Kong saying that Express lifts will sound off a siren if you door trick them on the first floor... Maybe the siren has worn out and they couldn't find parts to replace it

[@tswub]

that's why i purposely did the door trick on the first floor to see if got siren lmao

[@Shaun_8798]

@@tswub that is why you were given the moniker Elite Red Beret Commando back then, for being so brave to do things like that

[@tswub]

@@Shaun_8798 bruh

[@TEL4life]

Is it true that VIP blocks have larger than usual elevators? Even if replaced, they should still retain their large capacities. (Blk 639 Bt Batok was another story.) So it means that MSG elevators should have large capacities.

[@tswub]

Yes.

[@binxiantan39]

6:16 this is something that is enjoyable about toa payoh grc lifts

[@idashas]

Really?

[@binxiantan39]

blk 856E tampines with 16 pax fujitec to be replaced by ife as well in the next few months

[@selenaohoh8195]

This blk is a little-known vip block. That’s why it has enlarged capacity. I doubt any vips visited though. The 25th floor is a viewing gallery. This block and the others in the area are built over long-demolish 1969/70 hdb blocks that were demolish in the late 80/early 90s.

[@tswub]

ya

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

Except for blk 83

[@tswub]

@@poteyatocheapp6978 83 is so boring i legit can't believe they indirectly replaced an elevator there instead of refurbishing it

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

@@tswub tpy is boring in general

[@tswub]

@@poteyatocheapp6978 yes

[@chookwangzhee1889]

So they were intending to replace to mitsubishi earlier but delayed because of the pandemic?

[@tswub]

i guess so

[@binxiantan39]

This block was not in the list for replacement back in feb though

[@binxiantan39]

Its the dong yang at lorong 8 there which manage to escape the replacement

[@tswub]

@@binxiantan39 likely next up i mean

[@liftataroundsg]

@@tswub By right those old lift that has just placed CCTV Camera on February 2020 are the one's that won't get into replacement yet.

[@TEL4life]

According to Elevator Transport SG, the new MSG lifts still retain their large capacity thankfully. Or else I will really be frigging mad.

[@tswub]

Lmao fat MSGs

[@TEL4life]

@@tswub Yeah, it came out to be 16 persons/1090kg. The top floor is also unlocked on the MSG but not the GEC Express.

[@TEL4life]

@@tswub BTW when is your next upload after Pipit Road EM?

[@tswub]

unsure i've actually lost interest in uploading to youtube in general

[@awesomezinyew]

did they get fat because the new buttons

[@tswub]

huh

[@awesomezinyew]

@@tswub ok

[@tswub]

@@awesomezinyew how does the new buttons make the elevator fat? is that what you're trying to mean

[@awesomezinyew]

@@tswub no its actually my _imagination_ and I'm saying the new buttons made the lift fat because it downgraded from the previous version

[@tswub]

@@awesomezinyew ok lmfao

[@sgstuff1152]

6:04 I wonder

[@sgstuff1152]

also 0:22 three extra floors over there

[@tswub]

@@sgstuff1152 water tanks and elevator machine room, but sadly locked

[@elevatorfilmersg]

ChangingUsernameSoon there’s also the VIP lobby there as well. That’s why the top floor is locked. In the past foreign dignitaries would visit that floor to have a view of Toa Payoh town

[@elevatorfilmersg]

sg stuff www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/54243c07-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

[@sgstuff1152]

@@elevatorfilmersg ehh thanks

[@makeanthony7372]

THIS BLK IS NEAR TO MY SCHOOL