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Sentosa
Island,
also
known
as
Sentosa,
is
an
island
located
at
the
Central
Region,
Singapore.
Formerly
used
as
a
British
military
base
and
then
a
Japanese
prisoner-of-war
camp,
the
island
was
renamed
Sentosa
and
was
planned
to
be
a
popular
tourist
destination.
It
is
now
home
to
a
popular
resort
that
receives
more
than
twenty
million
visitors
per
year.
One
can
do
camping
overnight,
keep
with
mattresses,
beach
chairs,
guitars,
speakers,
or
kareoke.
Sentosa
can
be
reached
from
the
Singapore
mainland
via
a
short
causeway
or
Cable
Car,
which
originates
from
Mount
Faber
and
passes
through
HarbourFront
en
route
to
its
final
destination
at
Imbiah
Lookout.
In
2015,
Sentosa
opened
an
intra-island
Cable
Car
to
facilitate
travelling
within
the
island.
Dubbed
the
sky
network,
the
Cable
Car
has
3
stations,
in
Siloso,
Imbiah
and
near
the
now-closed
Merlion,
and
is
not
linked
to
the
original
Cable
Car.
Public
bus
services
are
available
to
connect
Sentosa
Island
to
the
mainland.
Tong
Tar
Transport
service
RWS8
operates
between
HarbourFront
station
to
Resorts
World
Sentosa.
SMRT
Express
Bus
Services
188R
and
963R
operates
between
Choa
Chu
Kang
and
Woodlands
respectively
Resorts
World
Sentosa
on
weekends
and
public
holidays.
On
30
June
2017,
SBS
Transit
Bus
Service
123
was
extended
to
enhance
connectivity
to
Resorts
World
Sentosa,
Merlion
Tower
(now
closed)
and
Beach
Station
Bus
Terminal.
The
island
is
also
accessible
by
the
Sentosa
Express
monorail,
which
replaced
the
old
Sentosa
Monorail
that
operated
from
1982
to
2005.
The
Sentosa
Express
has
three
stations
on
Sentosa
and
one
on
mainland
Singapore.
The
northern
terminus
of
the
line,
which
opened
on
15
January
2007,
is
located
at
the
VivoCity
shopping
mall
on
the
mainland
and
the
southernmost
terminus,
Beach
Station,
is
located
on
Sentosa
Island.
In
Vivocity,
the
mainland
MRT
is
in
turn
served
by
the
HarbourFront
of
the
North
East
Line
and
the
Circle
Line.
Within
Sentosa
there
are
two
bus
services,
identified
as
Bus
A
and
Bus
B.
Since
1998,
passenger
cars
have
been
allowed
to
enter
the
island.