Travel with Angela Lansbury: Newton MRT station

Thursday, January 10, 2019

The latest traveller-friendly information on Singapore trains

We are so lucky to live in the computer age.

Signs on some of the trains now tell you which side to get off.

This train carriage has a sign which shows you the next stop. Rotating signs show pictures of local landmarks such as museums, churches, temples, shopping malls, and community Clubs. For example, Newton MRT station shows the Cairnhill Community Club.

Why show the Community Club? Many people go to these large buildings for lessons such as learning Mandarin, keep fit classes, family activities, seasonal celebrations. I visit community clubs for meetings of Toastmasters International.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2018/12/secret-travellers-seen-on-newton-station.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/01/cute-musicians-in-cartoons-on-toilet.html

See also my posts on Waterloo Street, The National Gallery, and Singapore's big attractions.

My Favourite Humorous artwork on Newton station, Singapore

These little drawings lift the spirit. I forget my stress. Someone sat calm and alone designing these scenes. Or maybe they sat in a coffee bar discussing the ideas.

I wish they made the drawings bigger and brought them down to eye height. I have to photograph them and blow them up to see the details.

What makes me think they are humorous? The shape of the vehicle. it does not have the straight lines of a graphic design prototype, nor anything designed to swim, or submerge, or fly.