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

To clarify Google maps says about an hour for MRT at 8:49 AM on a weekday

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Pat Thaler <pat.thaler@broadcom.com> wrote:

> Google maps says about an hour for 8:49 AM on a weekday
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I had asked about MRT?
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Hrvoje (Harry) Dogan (hrdogan) <
>> hrdogan@cisco.com> wrote:
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>>> 20-40 minutes, depending on traffic.
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>>> H.
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>>> On 7/11/17, 23:12, "100attendees on behalf of Behcet Sarikaya" <
>>> 100attendees-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of sarikaya2012@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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