Sentosa Express

Infobox Public transit
name=Sentosa Express
圣淘沙捷运



imagesize=250px
locale=Singapore
transit_type=straddle-beam monorail
system_length=2.1 kilometres
began_operation=January 15 2007
lines=1
stations=3
ridership=
operator=Sentosa Development Corporation|

The Sentosa Express (zh-sp|s=圣淘沙捷运|p=Shèngtáoshā Jiéyùn) is a monorail line connecting Sentosa to HarbourFront in Singapore.

Built at a cost of S$140 million, it is the first to use Hitachi's "small" straddle-type monorail. Construction of the track and stations started in 2003 and was completed in June 2006.

The line opened on 15 January 2007, with three stations along its 2.1 kilometre double-track route and a fourth station, Waterfront, will open in 2010 when Resorts World at Sentosa is completed.

Four two-car trains, each sporting a different colour, ply the route in eight minutes. The trains can move up to 4,000 passengers an hour. With a capacity of about 120 people per train, it departs every five minutes during peak hours and every eight minutes during off-peak times. All stations have platform screen gates, Sentosa Station have full-height ones; and the other stations have half-height ones.

It was not constructed by the Land Transport Authority and is thus not considered part of Singapore's MRT/LRT network.

Operating Times

7 am to 12 midnight daily (except from Dec 2007 to Jan 2008 when it's from 8 am to 10 pm to facilitate the dismantling of Waterfront Station)

tations

S$26 million was spent on the stations and depot. Other than Sentosa Terminus, all of the other three stations on the line are non-air-conditioned and are the first and, currently, the only train stations in Singapore with half-height platform gates. Like all MRT and LRT Stations operated by SMRT and SBS Transit, the three also have bi-directional escalators and a lift each to take passengers from the station concourse to the platform level and vice versa.

Fare and ticketing

The single day "Sentosa Pass" (S$3) allows unlimited rides on the Sentosa Express(provided that the pass holder does not leave sentosa by bus or tap the exit readers at the vivocity terminus of Sentosa Express line as the pass was a single entrance and single day type), Sentosa Buses & Trams, including admission into Sentosa. The Sentosa Pass can be purchased at any operational Sentosa Express Station. Payment can be made via cash, NETS or credit card, but the EZ-link card used for other public transportation in Singapore is not accepted.

ee also

* Sentosa Monorail — a now-dismantled monorail system that ferried visitors around Sentosa

References

* T. Rajan, "Sentosa Express set to roll from VivoCity", "The Straits Times", 5 December 2006

External links

* [http://www.sentosa.com.sg/useful_info/sentosa_express.html Sentosa Express]
* [http://www.hitachi-rail.com/rail_now/hot_topics/hot_topics_2002/sentosa.html HITACHI wins contract to develop "SENTOSA EXPRESS" for SENTOSA Development Corporation] (press release)
* [http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/CnstSentosa01a.html Monorail Society: Sentosa Express Construction Gallery]