Nostalgia on taxis

• SGEMP

  12 Nov 06, 20:32

  This thread is specially for us to share bits and pieces of Singapore taxis in the past.
  
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  Some facts I have here:
  
  1) In the 1990s, there are Opel stationwagons for Comfort Taxis
  
  2) Again, in the 1990s, Toyota Corona are mainstay of Comfort Taxis. Now, only a few of them are still plying on Singapore's roads.
  
  3) I think the "oldest" taxi stand in Singapore was in Tanjung Pagar KTM Station (built in 1932).
  
  Feel free to add on!
• Volvo Olympian

  13 Nov 06, 20:22

  There was a Nissan Cedric older version and Toyota Crown MK1.
• madcampus

  14 Nov 06, 00:43

  last time our taxi the gear is located on the left side of steering wheel. in hong kong, they are still using it.
• 105090

  14 Nov 06, 14:55

  then, potential would-be cabbies spent one month training for their Taxi Vocational License at Pasir Panjang..
• iveco

  18 Nov 06, 00:44

  I remember Singapore Commuter, SBS Taxis, & SABS Taxi Service merged in 1995 to form Citycab.
  
  Also, Tibs (now SMRT) Taxis started out in 1990 with Singapore's first London cab. They were the first operator not to use the Coronas as its main fleet.
• Volvo Olympian

  19 Nov 06, 10:06

  Originally posted by iveco:

  I remember Singapore Commuter, SBS Taxis, & SABS Taxi Service merged in 1995 to form Citycab.
  
  Also, Tibs (now SMRT) Taxis started out in 1990 with Singapore's first London cab. They were the first operator not to use the Coronas as its main fleet.

  The first Toyota Crown looks nicer than the current one
• art0925

  7 Dec 06, 04:16

  and HK taxi are not all but one using LPG and Auto column shift too, also, almost all the newer toyota Crown comfort (crown MK III) has ABS and Alloy Wheels standard.
  
  

  Originally posted by madcampus:

  last time our taxi the gear is located on the left side of steering wheel. in hong kong, they are still using it.