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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 | 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. | ||
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{{Railway Lines in Singapore}} | {{Railway Lines in Singapore}} | ||
Revision as of 23:05, 7 February 2017
Sentosa Express (also known as Sentosa Express LRT) is a monorail line connecting to Sentosa island. This line was opened on 15 January 2007 and replaces the former Sentosa Monorail which has been used from 1982 to 2005. And this monorail line connects to VivoCity which is located near Template:STN.
Features
This line features Platform Screen Doors at 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.
Stations
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. When the monorail arrives, the doors will open for passengers to alight first before opening doors for the boarding passengers, during which the door facing alighting platform will close. It opened on 15 January 2007. Formerly the station was named Gateway, but later changed to Sentosa before the opening.
Waterfront Station
Waterfront Station was opened on 15 February 2010 with the commencement of Resorts World Sentosa. the station was formerly named Sentosa before it was changed to Waterfront before its opening.
Imbiah Station
Formerly the station was called Merlion and later changed to Imbiah before its opening. The name Imbiah comes from the place, Imbiah Lookout.
Beach Station
Beach Station is the terminus for Sentosa Express. The station opened on 15 January 2007. This station has one platform. The station was called Palawan which come from the word, Palawan Beach. It was however changed to Beach Station before its opening day.
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.