Photograph of Toa Payoh MRT station

Collections
1615965
Title
Photograph of Toa Payoh MRT station
Year/Period
14 November 1987
Region
Singapore
Object Type
photographic prints
Material
photographic paper
Technique
photographic processes
Dimension
Image size: 8.9 x 12.6 cm
Accession No.
2025-00862
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of the Tan family, of the late Tan Ah Kang

Toa Payoh MRT station was opened on 7 November 1987. Within a month, 1.37 million trips, with a daily average of 45,600 trips, had been made between Toa Payoh and Yio Chu Kang. This photograph was taken on 14 November 1987 and shows a large queue, indicating the large public enthusiasm for the new MRT line and station a week after its opening.