Toa Payoh bus services in 1982:
Overview:
Bus
services
Toa Payoh in 1982 basically had trunk services serving the whole
town, these bus services go one big round (or sometimes rounds) in
Toa Payoh, acting as feeders, before going out of Toa Payoh to
their destinations. The only feeder service, 230, serves the then
relatively new Lorong 8 Toa Payoh Estate.
Road
system
As seen from the map above, there are two
roundabouts in Toa Payoh, one of them is the more famous (cos its
near the town centre) Toa Payoh roundabout at the junction of Lors
1, 2 and 6, the other is a bigger one located at the northern part
of the town, at the junction of Lors 1, 6, 8 and the slip road (now
renamed as part of Lorong 6) leading to Toa Payoh North
flyover.
Also, there wasn't a signalized junction where Lor 4 and 6 meet
near the sports complex, and vehicles from Lor 4 cannot turn right
into Lor 6 westbound, vehicles who wished to do so had to U-Turn in
front of SAF Reservists Association (shortened to SAFRA), which is
the reason why the U-turn is so big-its meant for buses u-turning
there.
Also note that CTE wasn't completed at that time, and there
wasn't a flyover at Kim Keat Link, so vehicles entering Toa Payoh
from the westbound Jalan Toa Payoh have to use Toa Payoh South
flyover (it was dual-directional).
