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During the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, SMRT Taxis will implement a $5 location surcharge per trip, applicable to passengers who board taxis from 14 locations in the race vicinity, according to a Straits Times report.
These include Suntec City, hotels around the Marina area, Hitachi Tower, Centennial Tower, Peninsular Excelsior Hotel, Millenia Tower and Funan DigitaLife Mall.
The surcharge will be in effect from 10.30pm to midnight on September 26 and 27, and 9.30pm to midnight on September 28.
This is to meet the expected increase in demand for taxis after the races. The surcharge will be in effect from 10.30pm to midnight on Friday and Saturday and from 9.30pm to midnight on Sunday.
SMRT will also add 960 more train trips on both the North-South and East-West lines on race days.
Train services will also be extended till 1.30am on these days.
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