Local Travel In Singapore - Mass Rapid Transit (mrt)

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Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is a Road transportation technique . It is the backbone of railway systems in Singapore . It merges the various city-state.

There won't be any trouble regarding transportation in Singapore. The roads are well linked and hassle free to access the towns in Singapore by bus. The Charming islands such as Sentosa and Jurong are reachable by road way. Singapore shines with the best transportation services around the country. MRT is an exclusive facility that accelerates the public transport service around Singapore .

MRT has introduced to compete for land spaces in a land-scarce country. There was dispute on cheap bus only system but the small road would not permit enough bus transportation . The parliament concluded to begin this MRT railway system.

MRT is constructed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and started in 1987. The SMRT (Singapore Mass Rapit Transit) corporation monitors the functions and operations of MRT. It is the 2nd aged metro system in Southeast Asia. It has fully 79 stations and 78 stations are under operation . It functions from 5:30 in the morning up to 1 in the ...
... night 365 days . Here we can see more details on the MRT.

The MRT fares:

The ticketing mode is well set with 2 areas . They are paid and unpaid.
There are ample General Ticketing Machines where you can purchase the tickets for one way trips . Also it helps the traveler to purchase extra values of saved value tickets. It comes under "Paid". one way trip tickets cost from $1.10 to $1.90.

There is an extra mean of ticketing. The rail drivers would get the fare by stopping you from enter . There are access control gates. These gates are attached to a computer program. They are capable of reading and updating the electronic data. They are similar to the access control process . It comes under "unpaid".

The MRT fares in Singapore are estimated with respect to the distance between the start and the destination station .
These ticketing system use the e-payment methods like EZ-link, NETS flash pay and CEPAS.

The EZ-link card:

Most of the travelers prefers EZ-link card. Here I share how it operates and the money.

This card is a contact less and smart card. It will be used for the payment of public transport charges . It can be used in MRT, LRT and public bus services . It can be also used to pay the bill in McDonald's in Singapore. The cost of an adult EZ-link is S$15 which includes the S$5 non refundable card cost and a card credit of S$10. You can top up the account whenever you want.

EZ-link card can be used in all the public transports, stalls and libraries. This is the advantage of this card.

The MRT is the quickest and most comfortable mode of exploring lovely city of Singapore . The MRT fees and timing are accessible for all travelers. It works starting from 5:30 in the morning up to the mid night (before 1 am). On season periods, The time schedules will be extended.

It allows you to have an easy and rapid access around the country . It is trouble free to have contact less card in MRT. It means you don't have to keep the card in your hand all the time . It can be accessible even if you keep it in your wallet . The stations will be perfectly mentioned on the MRT maps. You will have a trouble free journey . It is one of the factors attract many travelers to this country. They don't have to get confused with the road ways.

Journey planning becomes hassle free with MRT system . All places are reachable through MRT mode.

MRT is quicker than any public transports in Singapore. So it has become famous and it gains totally 1.952 million ridership every day. It is a world class local travel means .

Tracy Barb is traveling around South East Asia since her earliest childhood. She loves Singapore and likes to write about it. Therefore she became an expert in this topic and is working for Guidegecko.com, an online travel book store. If you are looking for a Singapore travel guide or a travel guide for other destinations, she recommends you to visit www.guidegecko.com.