This article is about the former loop system that closed in 2005. For the current system that connects to the Singapore mainland, see Sentosa Express.
Private monorail system
Sentosa Monorail
Overview
Locale
Sentosa, Singapore
Transit type
Straddle-beam monorail
Number of lines
1
Number of stations
7
Operation
Began operation
23 February 1982; 42 years ago (1982-02-23)
Ended operation
16 March 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-16)
Operator(s)
Sentosa Development Corporation
Number of vehicles
16 trains
Technical
System length
3.6 mi (5.8 km)[1]
The Sentosa Monorail was a monorail system which served as the main means of transportation on the island of Sentosa in Singapore, and has been replaced by the new monorail system, the Sentosa Express. The system was constructed at a cost of S$14 million by Von Roll of Switzerland, who also built the Singapore Cable Car.
Commencing operations on 23 February 1982, the line initially opened with only five stations, running in a clockwise loop. In 1987, the Ferry Terminal Monorail Station began operations when the Sentosa Ferry Terminal opened that year. In 1991, the line changed to an anti-clockwise direction after the Underwater World Monorail Station commenced operations, when Underwater World opened that year. It operated several 16-car, non-air conditioned trains in a unidirectional anti-clockwise single loop through seven stations located around the western half of the island. The monorail rides were initially charged at S$3 for adults and S$1.50 for children. The trip was later made free for passengers, who could ride the system as often as they wished throughout their stay on the island. Four of the stations have two platforms; for such stations, the Spanish solution was implemented, where passengers alight at one platform and board at the opposite platform.
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located in Sentosa Island, Singapore. It is located beside its namesake monorail station, Beach Station on the Sentosa Express, and under the Sentosa Express...
by Vonroll Transport Systems of Switzerland, which also built the SentosaMonorail and Singapore Cable Car. Construction began in November 1990 and the...
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