Re: [100attendees] Transportation information from Changi airport to Swissotel The Stamford hotel

["John R. Levine" <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Pat Thaler wrote:
> To clarify Google maps says about an hour for MRT at 8:49 AM on a weekday

I've found Google's time estimates to be unreliable.  The MRT's own web 
site says 48 mins from the airport station to city hall station.

>>>> Unless you arrive in the middle of the night, the normal way to get to
>>>> the hotel is to take the underground (subway in American) which is
>>>> called the MRT.  It runs from about 530 AM to 1115 PM.  Like
>>>> everything else in Singapore, the MRT is clean, safe, and reliable.
>>>>
>>>> There is a MRT station in the airport.  Find a ticket machine and buy
>>>> a ticket to the City Hall station for about S$2.50.  Use the ticket to
>>>> touch in and keep it since you can reload it for future trips cheaper
>>>> than buying a new one, or see below.
>>>>
>>>> The airport line is two stops.  At the end change to a westbound train
>>>> toward Tuas Link and take it 10 stops to City Hall station.  Touch
>>>> out, and there is an exit from the station into the Raffles City
>>>> Centre which is connected directly to the two conference hotels.
>>>>
>>>> If you plan to travel around Singapore at all, rather than getting a
>>>> ticket, go to the ticket booth and buy an EZLink or NETS stored value
>>>> card for S$5 plus whatever you load onto it.  Fares using the cards
>>>> are less than with tickets, and you can also use them to pay for buses
>>>> and taxis.