For the monorail system currently serving Sentosa, see Sentosa Express

Sentosa Express

Sentosa Express is a monorail line connecting Sentosa island to HarbourFront on the Singapore mainland across the waters.Built at a cost of S$140 million, development started in June 2003 and was completed in December 2006. The fully elevated 2.1-kilometre two-way line and three out of four...

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The Sentosa Monorail (Chinese: 圣淘沙单轨列车) was a monorail

Monorail

A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...

 system which served as the main means of transportation on the island of Sentosa

Sentosa

Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...

 in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. The system was constructed at a cost of S$14 million by Von Roll of Switzerland, who also built the Singapore Cable Car

Singapore Cable Car

The Singapore Cable Car provides an aerial link from Mount Faber on the main island of Singapore to the resort island of Sentosa across the Keppel Harbour. Opened on 15 February 1974, it was the first aerial ropeway system in the world to span a harbour. However, it is not the first aerial ropeway...

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First opened in February 1982 http://www.sentosa.com.sg/about_us/sentosa_island/milestones.html, it operated 14-car non-air conditioned trains in a unidirectional counter-clockwise single loop through seven stations around the western half of the island. The trip was free for passengers, who could ride the system as often as they wished throughout their stay on the island. Some of the stations have two platforms; for such stations, the Spanish solution

Spanish solution

The Spanish solution is a method of using two railway platforms, one on each side of the track, in order to speed up boarding and alighting from trains. Alighting passengers get off the train on one side and boarding passengers get on from the other...

 was employed, where passengers alight at one platform and board at the opposite platform.

The Sentosa Monorail ceased operations on 16 March 2005 to make way for the new four-station Sentosa Express

Sentosa Express

Sentosa Express is a monorail line connecting Sentosa island to HarbourFront on the Singapore mainland across the waters.Built at a cost of S$140 million, development started in June 2003 and was completed in December 2006. The fully elevated 2.1-kilometre two-way line and three out of four...

 monorail. The track and rolling stock were sold as scrap for S$350,000. Some of the monorail stations have been repurposed for other uses, such as the "Surrender Chamber" at Fort Siloso

Fort Siloso Monorail Station

Fort Siloso Station is the third station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located next to Fort Siloso, the sole restored coastal gun battery from the twelve such batteries which made up "Fortress Singapore" at the start of World War II.This station is closed...

,a restaurant being developed at the Gateway

Gateway Monorail Station

Gateway Station is the last station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. It is located near the Visitor Arrival Centre and Visitor Departure Centre.-Platforms:Platform 1: BoardingPlatform 2: Alighting...

 and the central beach station

Central Beach Monorail Station

Central Beach Station is the fifth station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. It was located near Palawan beach. When the monorail was disfunct in 2005,the station was reused as Sentosa's Nature Walk which the monorail station was used as a gallery in the beginning of the walk...

 as the Sentosa's Nature Walk where the monorail tracks are now used as an elevated walkway.

Stations

There are no terminal stations for Sentosa Monorail.

• Station 1: Ferry Terminal
  Ferry Terminal Monorail Station
  Ferry Terminal Station is the first station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located near the current Sentosa Express' Waterfront Station....
  
  
• Station 2: Underwater World
  Underwater World Monorail Station
  Underwater World Station is the second station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located next to Underwater World.-Platforms:Platform 1: BoardingPlatform 2: Alighting...
  
  
• Station 3: Fort Siloso
  Fort Siloso Monorail Station
  Fort Siloso Station is the third station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located next to Fort Siloso, the sole restored coastal gun battery from the twelve such batteries which made up "Fortress Singapore" at the start of World War II.This station is closed...
  
   (first station to be closed down)
• Station 4: Cable Car
  Cable Car Monorail Station
  Cable Car Station is the fourth station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located at the Tension Station for the Singapore Cable Car.-Platforms:Platform 1: Boarding/Alighting platform to Central Beach....
  
  
• Station 5: Central Beach
  Central Beach Monorail Station
  Central Beach Station is the fifth station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. It was located near Palawan beach. When the monorail was disfunct in 2005,the station was reused as Sentosa's Nature Walk which the monorail station was used as a gallery in the beginning of the walk...
  
   / Palawan Beach
• Station 6: SDC Office
  SDC Office Monorail Station
  SDC Office Station , more popularly called "Ficus Station", is the sixth station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located near the Sentosa Office....
  
   / Ficus
• Station 7: Gateway
  Gateway Monorail Station
  Gateway Station is the last station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. It is located near the Visitor Arrival Centre and Visitor Departure Centre.-Platforms:Platform 1: BoardingPlatform 2: Alighting...
  
  / Causeway / Visitor Arrival Centre