9 Retro Things in Public Transport That Kids Nowadays Wouldn’t Recognize

Last Updated on 2022-03-27 , 8:41 pm

Singapore’s public transport has come a long way, from the days when buses were not air-conditioned to now when any breakdown in the air-con would lead to it being Stomped.

Maybe only old people like us would understand that we’ve taken many things for granted. Now, if you can’t recognise any of these images, then congrats: you’re pretty young. If you do, then how are your wrinkles coming along?

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Last time hor, ALL bus stops were orange. ALL.

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Some kids must be wondering why these machines are still in buses. Well, here’s a history lesson: we used to insert something known as a “farecard”, press a button and have the machine printed the tickets for us. Like, seriously.

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Remember the farecard mentioned above? Yes, this is how it looks like. You can customise it, just like how you customise your EZ-link card. Just that to customise it, you need to spend a lot of money.

Image: Carousell

I know they’re still using it, but do you see the Trans Island ticket anywhere now? And da heart. So familiar. I wonder how many I’ve folded so far.

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Remember we wrote about buses without air-con? Here’s how it looks like. You either sit on a seat with wind or you rather not sit.

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And when Super Bus was out, everyone went apeshit. We thought the future had arrived. Then VR Man arrived and we knew the future was still far.

Image: Facebook (ComfortDelGro Taxi)

When all taxis were blue and manual, and taxi uncles friendly and down-to-earth. Now, even normal private cars can be a taxi.

Image: Remember Singapore

That was how the inside of buses looked like then. That baby should now be an uncle now.

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That was how the inside of an MRT cabin looks like. Do you notice something different? That guy—he dared to seat on the reserved seat, not because the colour of the seats was similar, but because there was no Stomp then.

Anyway, by now, he should be able to sit at the reserved seat now without worrying about being Stomped.