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

Have you ever wondered about the names of the MRT stations in Singapore? Who is Tan Kah Kee and why is there an MRT station named after him? Why is one-north named one-north? And is Farrer Park and Farrer Road MRT the same station?!
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[@kahmengphang8064]

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

[@vernicemah]

five-central

[@ellew8926]

hahahahhahah

[@alexleo172]

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

[@lzh4950]

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

[@Thedartthatisblue]

10-north

[@barndoon2276]

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

[@alexleo172]

There is also a station in London called "Redhill"

[@johnnyjunior658]

TheKindSoul TKS 8

[@Belryllium]

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

[@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385]

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

[@share_accidental]

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]

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

[@fazlayer6185]

Lol

[@妖精騎士トリスタン-o6g]

that is the only correct explanation

[@alexleo172]

Road names are kinda weird like "Serangoon Road"

[@NaveenKumar-wn7op]

Dude 😂😂

[@lzh4950]

& then one realises how far along the western end of Yio Chu Kang Rd Yio Chu Kang MRT station is

[@megamanexe4]

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]

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]

poteyatocheapp glad im not the only one who counts beeps

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

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

[@felixphiamphu3180]

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

[@officialvisaural]

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

[@ahber79]

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]

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

[@lzh4950]

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

[@LMGamerz40]

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

[@alexandernikolo4631]

@@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]

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

[@officialvisaural]

Except one-north

[@LMGamerz40]

and bishan

[@danialroslan1531]

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

[@tong3059]

why?

[@colonelrv4577]

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

[@danialroslan1531]

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

[@tong3059]

@@danialroslan1531 ba dum tss

[@alexleo172]

My chips are very "Kranji"

[@Wongwanchungwongjumbo]

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

[@thestar4753]

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

[@muhamadirfaan3329]

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]

Still curious about one-north though🤔

[@apsodjfi4444]

Same

[@AmberQi]

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

[@calcavendish5430]

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

[@cubix_rubrr]

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

[@LMGamerz40]

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

[@desmondyeoh11]

hahahaha love the ending dudududududududu

[@IAmPurplexed]

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

[@kayrusj3801]

Everytime i visit Singapore i love the MRT

[@sherlyxie9892]

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

[@airbearbear]

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

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

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

[@legendsofsingapore4735]

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...

[@eton5541]

lol

[@SirgalDelRchannel]

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

[@transportsingapore1955]

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

[@baba-yoshino]

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

[@e0031-w5e]

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]

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

[@hugeretartedsawas]

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

[@hugeretartedsawas]

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]

@@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]

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

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

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

[@aaravyadav3748]

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

[@Garcelloveryhappy]

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

[@fashionempress]

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

[@kittycattt5227]

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

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

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

[@ggggvvv]

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

[@JecelynVer-hv4ks]

Where have you found this station?

[@rommelflores2618]

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

[@Dunnothewatch789]

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

[@蔡光容-n7z]

One north tow south

[@MrBoliao98]

Gonna name my kid Tan Kah Kee

[@donnyalfredo3227]

Go name ur son also 🐔 feet

[@alexleo172]

@@donnyalfredo3227 what the fak lol

[@archturusdeydas3989]

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

[@mytravelforever]

Great. Thanks for sharing

[@kazunoee]

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

[@rajalakshmi1121]

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

[@porkseefurdzai6939]

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😱😱😱🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬❤️❤️❤️

[@PANDA-rn3zx]

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

[@RobloxTenDecillionFanThePolice]

and FARRER ROAD is Bukit Timah

[@MarkzOng]

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

[@musicstatics_20]

Hey Mothership sg how about Woodleigh MRT Station?

[@missusCIRQUE]

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.

[@vedantganesh6923]

wait till tel phase 2, we'll have 11 more

[@jasontung5253]

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

[@aliponsis]

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

[@MarkzOng]

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

[@RobloxTenDecillionFanThePolice]

FARRER PARK at the Little India

[@蔡光容-n7z]

Three east four west

[@heyisbacongameplay2877]

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

[@remixowlz]

Thanks for the history class

[@eurokid4]

-Tan Kah Kee- Tan Car Key✓

[@YokeFahchong-j7z]

Fun fact:Dakota is where my school is at

[@SGBusClub]

lol the ending is funny

[@Chongcheng360]

Part 2 plz

[@lonelymoonlight]

Ayyyy the first one Dakota

[@A_OC500le]

I've been in City Hall

[@transportsingapore1955]

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

[@SuperMarioKnightX]

“Farmway” instead of “Anchorvale”?

[@wardennecro2840]

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]

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

[@kagenlim5271]

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

[@kidanimatoryt]

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

[@babul247]

Nice too... 👌👍

[@AlvinYT_More-Official]

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

[@ghracetullao2500]

Did anyone forget about Toa Payoh?

[@vlogkylee7382]

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

[@weissweiss]

this content veri gud i lyk

[@singlah]

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]

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

[@pendrewluo8327]

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?

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

ya

[@rbc812]

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

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

yes lol Kaki Bukit station's abbreviation is KKB

[@foolforruel5589]

quite cool

[@RobloxTenDecillionFanThePolice]

FARRER ROAD empress market

[@beemerice]

Why did you not put Commonwealth and Queenstown in the video

[@jaraza323]

SG the best city in asia.

[@wannywong9878]

dakota is also names in the dinosaur names 'Dakotaraptor'

[@Meisdayah]

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

[@1monthago860]

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

[@meiko_shi2839]

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

[@sanosukesada7834]

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

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

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]

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

[@dereksg7510]

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

[@iplaygeometrydashforreal]

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

[@carmentan9336]

how about canberra

[@zo3478]

Named after the road

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

Got smth to do with australia def

[@lzh4950]

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

[@W-Sfire7000]

Why Singapore claim to be one of "Richest" countries GDP/other economic parameters, but majority got no option to drive/buy car. Unemployed Homeless Drug addict in other cities also got one bone shaker Ford/Buick/Chev to drive around, despite homeless. This is the RICH Country. Of course Sg might retort, aye, at least here everyone got HDB leh. To this logic/ mentality I graciously rest my case. It is precise because of this kind of apathetic citizenry that (deserves) this kind of public tpt set up. "YOU GET WHAT YOU TOLERATE" - Nugget for the Day. Good luck to MRT/CCTV nation, SG

[@Abbydanny14]

I school at farrer park primary school

[@RobloxTenDecillionFanThePolice]

one-north It’s a small letter

[@dkb-6167]

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

[@1ndidhei2hw929e]

I miss those sounds.

[@tanmayanair4198]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BaySean]

There is also Boon Lay and Yishun.

[@MarkzOng]

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

[@susir1884]

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

[@susir1884]

Kee'

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

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

[@rajalakshmi7284]

He needs to be hired LTA hire him please 🙏

[@RobloxTenDecillionFanThePolice]

5 stops in the mta

[@λάδα]

Mothership, arbiter of truth?

[@tanmayanair4198]

1 -2

[@reddycrewmateandmini975]

Broadrick is also in front of Dakota

[@reddycrewmateandmini975]

But different name so funny

[@lfc1981]

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

[@ばか-j6l]

Bukit Batok? Hill of cough?

[@蔡光容-n7z]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhĥhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@pokeballersniperine4809]

2:37 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE

[@Alcadeias01]

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

[@Adam-ex9em]

no

[@mrjumaatsamian]

I still dont get about one-north

[@SVC36TCITARO]

haborfront the harbour inside the mrt

[@attasaravani3048]

NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA

[@YokeFahchong-j7z]

Yeah😂

[@weliketodance]

Canberra Station?

[@itzdanial-roblox784]

Aljunied is name after Ali aljunied

[@acheeyk]

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

[@chrispycreme9545]

tan kah kee should rename to beow tan