Comfort in Singapore

Any mention of travel/transportation in Singapore would remain incomplete without the mention of the comfort offered by the city taxis. Run round the clock, across the city, along all roads,  Taxi services are a boon in the never predictable rain and sun in Singapore. Affordable though higher than the bus and MRT, taxi services are a good option in case of  emergency or while commuting at night after the bus and train services stop.

The number of private cars on Singapore roads is restricted to curb congestion and pollution .Car buyers have to pay one and half times the market value of the car as Duties and bid for a  Singaporean Certificate of Entitlement which allows the car to be run on the roads for a decade.So as statistics has it , only one in ten Singapore residents owns a car - another good  reason why Taxis are a popular option of transport here and are available round the clock on the roads.

So call 6552 1111 or just flag them down as they  ply with the green 'TAXI' mount and have the comfort of  'Comfort Taxis ' at your footstep wherever you are (in Singapore  though)...

Commuting in Singapore....!!

A small well connected highly developed sovereign city state , Singapore consists of a diamond shaped main island and over 60 small islets. With more than 3000 km of road length , the mainland is  well connected by road and rail. With a single ezlink card that can be used on buses and trains ; a traveler in Singapore can hop on and off buses and trains to reach any destination. The Ezlink cards can be bought at any MRT station ticketing counter and costs 7 SGD for the card and can be topped up from a  5 to 150 SGD.

There are skywalks in almost all bus stops to cross over the road. Climbing up and down the stairs may be a tiresome task for the aged though.

Mass Rapid Transit  (MRT ) forms the major component of Train services in Singapore and are complemented by their feeder services known as Light RailTransit ( LRT ) . Train stations or MRT stations  are usually walkable from bustops / interchanges and are indicated by the MRT station symbols.Services operate from about 05:00 am and usually end before 1 am.

The MRT stations are usually buzzling  with people in the peak hours of the day.

You may have to change lines at some stations and can be a walk of few hundred meters through the station. Have a tube map in hand and follow the signs and displays to the correct platform.

So recharge your ezlink card, get a tube map from the nearest MRT station , hop on the trains and buses to see around the whole of Singapore when you are here ….and don’t forget your goggles , umbrella and bottle of water . The Singapore weather is either hot or rainy.