Sentosa LRT

tranquilice SG

Sentosa LRT, currently named "Sentosa Express", is now ongoing. The pillars of the viaducts near the Sentosa ferry terminal have been constructed, following will be in other areas.

"Sentosa Express" will be elevated and will runs from HarbourFront MRT station to Palawan beach via the Sentosa causeway, taking a total of 6 minutes. According to source, it will have 3 stations in Sentosa, which are near the ferry terminal, near the Merlion and Palawan beach near Palawan monorail station.

You may have noticed that "Sentosa Express" will not cover most parts of Sentosa like the monorail. These places not covered by "Sentosa Express" will continue to be covered by existing internal bus services.

The line is expected to complete by April 2006 and will fully replace the Sentosa monorail.

Superbus SG

As much as I welcome the construction of the Sentosa Express, I would also be very sad to see the Sentosa Monorail go. Instead I would prefer if SDC upgrade the existing system in par with today's technology.

Cheers and warm regards

delonchew SG

My sentiments exactly. I will hate to see the day when they stop the operations of the monorail and start demolishing the stations and tracks.

off_service SG

At first I thought they would upgrade the current monorail system into something like that of Jurong Bird Park (which is aircondition). I'm quite surprised and devastated to hear that Sentosa Express will replace the monorail completely.

The current monorail system is one "cannot be missed" attraction on Sentosa now which will be missed by us.

freakybuses SG

and why must the monorail be removed? why can't the LRT just link to the route of monorail?!?!

Circuit SG

hmmm ,,, think they wan to make money mah...
the present monorail is free once u on the island.. think the new LRT is ticket based.. and pay...
unless i am wrong... pay an pay.. sentosa under PAP??? Shocked .. heheheh

tranquilice SG

Read more about Sentosa Express here.

Fact about Sentosa Express

SBS9818A SG

With this, would they retain the HBF - VAC bus service?

tranquilice SG

Most probably the mentioned bus service will not be retained, as seen from the case of Tiong Bahru - Sentosa and Orchard - Sentosa services.

SBS9818A SG

Then it'd be tough to get on the B7R coaches!

SBS9818A SG

Then it'd be tough to get on the B7R coaches!

tranquilice SG

Hope they can be deployed on internal services.

AdAptAliS SG

Closing down of Sentosa monorail would be pretty sad. It had already become part of sentosa, one of the attractions. Tourist can even take the monorail just for the sake of sight-seeing around the whole loop. They really should just keep it running.

They're building a Fort Siloso station, when will that be opened? And if they are closing the monorail in 2006, why still build another station at Fort Siloso? I don't understand what they're thinking of.

tranquilice SG

Fort Siloso station? You mean a LRT station at Fort Siloso? But according to plan, LRT will not go there.

Fort Siloso monorail station has already been closed, tram service between Fort Siloso and Underwater World has been terminated. People going to Fort Siloso now has to walk there from Underwater World.

off_service SG

Oh great. Business at the Fort Siloso now must be very bad.

SBS9818A SG

Isn't Fort Siloso under major renovation or something?

tranquilice SG

Agreed. The monorail station there is no longer in use and tram service to and fro Underwater World was cancelled, all these make it inconvenience for tourists to get to and fro Fort Siloso.

tranquilice SG

I missed out going pass Fort Siloso on monorail when I was in Sentosa a few days ago, so didn't know what's the construction is all about.

SBS9818A SG

Hmm, business bad? And I thought it was undergoing major renovation.

service_238 SG

business is not bad. Fort siloso is part of the package of revamping sentosa. Since FS (not off_service, fort siloso Mr. Green ) is closed, why not might as well close the station? sentosa was wise at closing the station..

However, certain parts of FS can still be accessed.