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Travel to Singapore

Flying to Singapore

The national airline is Singapore Airlines (SQ) (website: www.singaporeair.com).

Flight times:

From London to Singapore is 14 hours, and from New York is 24 hours.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

Trains run to Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and Malacca (Malaysia) on a route which extends to Bangkok (Thailand). Services operate daily between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur; some offer air conditioning and dining cars. There are also overnight trains with sleepers. For more information on the railway between Thailand and Singapore, see Malaysia Railway (tel: (603) 2263 1111; website: www.ktmb.com.my).

The Eastern and Oriental Express (tel: 0845 077 2222, in the UK only; website: www.orient-express.com) is a luxurious train travelling from Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore.

Getting to Singapore by boat

Main portsSingapore (website: www.mpa.gov.sg). The world's busiest in terms of tonnage, it is served by a growing number of international passenger cruise lines. Cruising is one of the fastest-growing tourist development areas in Singapore and there are plans to considerably expand the already extensive port facilities. There is now also a number of international operators using Singapore as a base for cruises throughout South East Asia. For further details, contact the Singapore Tourism Board (see Contact Addresses). Penguin Ferry (tel: 6272 4866; website: www.penguin.com.sg) operates several ferry services between Singapore and nearby Indonesia.

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