Sentosa Express

Sentosa Express (also known as Sentosa Express LRT) is a monorail line connecting to Sentosa island, this ride was opened on 15 January 2007 and is to replace the former Sentosa Monorail which has been used from 1982 to 2005. And this monorail line connects to VivoCity which is located near HarbourFront Station.

Features

This line has a Platform Screen Doors to all stations to provide safety. And this is the first line in Singapore to use Half Height Platform Screen Doors to provide safety at all stations. Also at Sentosa Station platform is Spanish Solution, which one is for alighting and another one for boarding which will also be used on Choa Chu Kang LRT Platforms. Monorail provide in bidirectional route which it connects to the VivoCity near HarbourFront Station.

Sentosa Station

Sentosa Station is located at VivoCity Level 3 at Lobby L. The platforms are in Spanish Solution which means the station have one platform for boarding and another platform for alighting the stations. At this station has Platform Screen Doors to provide safety from prevent falling. When the monorail arrives, the doors will open for passengers to alight first then later they will open door for the boarding passengers then the door facing alighting platform will close. It opens on 15 January 2007. Formerly the station was named as Gateway, and later it was changed to Sentosa before the train goes for opening.

Waterfront Station

Waterfront Station was opened on 15 February 2010 with the commencement of Resorts World Sentosa. At this station is to access to many parts of Resorts World Sentosa like S.E.A Aquarium, Adventure Cove and Universal Studios Singapore. This station opens late as the Resorts World Sentosa is having construction back then. The platforms are in Island Platform.

But however at Level 1, there is a queue which one is for passengers heading to Sentosa while another line is heading to Beach Station. Formerly the station is called as Sentosa before it was changed to Waterfront before its opening.

Imbiah Station

Between Imbiah and Waterfront just take 20 seconds to be accessed. At this station can be accessed to Imbiah Lookout and as well as Merlion Park. The station opened on 15 January 2007. This station also can served the gateway of Resorts World Sentosa. The platform is Island Platform. Formerly the station is called as Merlion before it was being changed to Imbiah before its opening. The name Imbiah comes from the place, Imbiah Lookout.

Beach Station

Beach Station is a terminal station for Sentosa Express and also the monorail can go to the Depot. The station opens on 15 January 2007 and the station can accessed to Palawan Beach and Siloso Beach and it can also served iFLY Singapore and also served Beach Arrival Plaza which trams and buses can be accessed. This station has one platform.

Rolling Stock

The rolling stock for Sentosa Express is Hitachi Monorail which is in two-car configuration and the passengers can fit to 148 passengers. There are 6 colours for this rolling stock: Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Pink and Red. Compare to old Sentosa Monorail, the train goes faster and got air conditioned trains compare to Old Monorail goes slow and no air conditioned which can cause passengers to feel uncomfortable. But at every stations, during peak hours, the staffs are being forced to all passengers to board that train instead of waiting for next train.

Safety

The Platform screen doors are being installed by ST Electronics at Sentosa Station using Full Height and the remaining three stations uses Half Height Platform Screen Doors (HHPSD), which is first to be used in Singapore. Formerly it was used by ST Electronics and later the stations were being replaced to Fangda in 2016.