Sentosa Express
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| Overview | |
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| Locale | Sentosa, Singapore |
| Transit type | Straddle-beam monorail |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 4 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 15 January 2007 |
| Operator(s) | Sentosa Development Corporation |
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| System length | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
Sentosa Express is a monorail line connecting Sentosa island to HarbourFront on the Singapore mainland across the waters.
Built at a cost of S$140 million, development started in June 2003 and was completed in December 2006. The fully elevated 2.1-kilometre (1.3-mile; per direction) two-way line (4.3-km total track length) and three out of four stations opened on 15 January 2007. The fourth station, Waterfront, opened on 1 February 2010.
The monorail system, privately owned and operated by Sentosa Development Corporation, can move up to 4,000 passengers per hour per direction.
The daily first and last train timings of both Sentosa and Beach termini are 07:00 and 00:00 hours. Trains run at an average frequency of three minutes during peak hours. The entire route, from one terminus to the other, takes eight minutes.
The single-day Sentosa Pass costing S$4 allows island entry and unlimited rides on the Sentosa Express. The contactless RFID card can be purchased from automated ticketing machines at any operational Sentosa Express station. Payment can be made using cash, NETS or credit card.
Alternatively, visitors may also scan their EZ-Link cards (used for electronic payments on public transport) on Sentosa terminus' turnstiles for island entry payment and a day of unlimited number of rides on the monorail.
S$26 million was spent on the elevated stations and the depot next to Beach terminus.Sentosa terminus is the only station of the line on the mainland; the rest are on Sentosa. It is also the only one with full-height platform screen doors and bay platform using the Spanish solution. The other stations are not air-conditioned and are the first railway stations in the country to utilise Automatic platform gates.
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