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

You did not say how long it takes from the airport to City Hall and vice
versa?

On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:56 AM, <ietf@johnlevine.com> wrote:

> In article <1509975057824.19698@bournemouth.ac.uk> you write:
> >I am looking for transportation from Changi airport to "Swissotel The
> Stamford"? hotel.
> >Any ideas?
>
> 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.
>
> If you arrive late at night when the MRT isn't running, taxi or (if
> you are OK with insurance fraud and cheating drivers as a business
> model) Uber are the options.
>
> R's,
> John
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