If the monorail was built two directional, perhaps they wouldn't
be thinking of tearing it down...since it is only one direction,
once you miss a stop, have to go one whole round again, or walk
back, or take a bus. perhaps, the purpose of monorail wasn't for
people to get to another stop quickly, but for people to
sightseeing and see beautiful scenary while the train moves
slowly.
the lrt will certainly be fast, but the route is straight, stopping
only at what they deem as strategic locations and does not loop
around the island. it seems that its major purpose is just to link
the main land to sentosa across gateway avenue. this is fine if the
bus services serving around the island are frequent, reasonably
fast and not crowded and sqeezy. however, i guess that most would
rather take a train on elevated tracks to see scenary around the
island from a certain height rather than take a bus which stops at
traffic lights and bus stops.. in this respect, the sentosa express
lrt seems to be lacking..
why they don't just be bold enough to just extend the NEL or CCL
from Harbourfront one more stop to reach sentosa?and don't take
away the monorail but just improve it? this is the best way to get
people go there..
