Traveling resources

If you are trying to find your way around Singapore, a good place to start is www.streetdirectory.com. You can search by building name or street address and see the location on a map. StreetDirectory.com may not be as fancy as Google Maps, but it does come feature-packed. Once you’ve found your location, you can list nearby restaurants, shopping centers, attractions, train stations, and bus stops. You can even get driving and bus traveling guides to or from the location.

There are many online resources for bus and train guides from www.smrt.com.sg, www.transitlink.com.sg, and www.sbstransit.com.sg. There is a complete bus guide from TransitLink and SMRT so you will never have to wonder which bus to take to any location. In fact, SBS Transit also offers IRIS, a service that allows you to find out when the next bus will be arriving at your bus stop and also helps you plan your journey and the route to get there. IRIS is also available via WAP, GPRS and even SMS. What about the trains? The train network map is available here and their timings are also available.

Of course, it will be great if you can have all these information at your fingertips. For that, you can get a handy pocket-sized TransitLink Guide. You can purchase it from any of the ticket offices or call the hotline at 1800-CALL ONE (1800-2255 663) for more information.

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Jesse P.
Filed under: transport

3 Responses to “Traveling resources”

  1. knmnyn, on May 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm Said:

    In some places in the Central Business District, you can even find billboards announcing the approximate time for when buses arrive. This is the de facto standard for subway (MRT in Singapore) as well as most other Asian metropoles.

  2. Yee Fan, on June 3rd, 2008 at 4:13 am Said:

    With the demise of StreetDirectory.com after losing the legal battle against Singapore Land Authority, we now have to turn to alternate sources for maps. Personally I just like to play around with Google Earth (or Google Maps), but there are other alternatives you might prefer.

  3. keropokman, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:37 am Said:

    Streetdirectory’s map has been offline for months.

    Try http://rednano.sg
    Key in the address then select “map”. This has become my favourite after Streetdirectory’s so called ‘demise’.

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