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Former Sentosa Monorail system which ran between 1982 and 2005 New Sentosa Express system undergoing trial runs in 2006. In June 2002, the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) awarded a S$78 million (US$43.56 million) contract to Japanese subsidiary Hitachi Asia to build the Sentosa Express, which was part of a ten-year redevelopment plan for Sentosa, an offshore island south of the Singapore ...
The VivoCity terminal station of the Sentosa Express monorail is located on level 3 (next to the Food Republic food court). It was officially opened on 15 January 2007 as Sentosa Station @ VivoCity, and renamed to its current name in April 2019. There is a bus stop in front of VivoCity, connecting it to Resorts World Sentosa.
SDC owns the Sentosa Express, a S$140 million light rail system that provides easy access into Sentosa from VivoCity. The old SDC office at Allanbrooke Road was once served by the Sentosa Monorail which ceased operations on 16 March 2005. The new SDC office is currently based at Artillery Avenue.
The Sentosa Express has three stations on Sentosa and one on mainland Singapore. The northern terminus of the line, which opened on 15 January 2007, is located at the VivoCity shopping mall on the mainland and the southernmost terminus, Beach Station, is located on Sentosa Island.
The Hitachi small-type monorail is a straddle-type monorail built by Hitachi Rail for the use on the Sentosa Express. These trains are part of Hitachi Monorail line of ALWEG-based monorail. The trains were part of a project to replace Sentosa's previous aging monorail system. The trains are fully air-conditioned.
The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the HarbourFront commercial district, including HarbourFront Centre and VivoCity. The interchange is directly connected to Seah Im Food Centre and HarbourFront MRT station. It is the southernmost bus interchange in Singapore.
Also, the new monorail link to Sentosa, the Sentosa Express has been completed and opened on 15 January 2007. The HarbourFront station of the Circle line had opened on 8 October 2011. A new six-storey office building is also in the works as a new addition to the HarbourFront Office Park.
Sentosa Express VivoCity Singapore Cable Car Mount Faber Line HarbourFront Centre Singapore Cruise Centre Stage 6 (under construction, to be ready by 2026) CC30 Keppel — 2026; 1 year's time: S$313.8 million [93] [94] [95] [note 15] CC31 Cantonment: S$205 million [96] [97] [98] [note 16] CC32 Prince Edward Road Shenton Way: S$310.8 million