It's been more than two years since a global pandemic put a halt to our normal routines. After two long years, Singapore and Malaysia are resuming their cross-border bus and taxi services. The Land Transport Authority of Singapore announced recently that Singapore will resume cross-border travel services from May 1, 2022.
Here is the list of bus services that commuters can take from Singapore to Malaysia:
• SMRT Buses will restart its 950 cross-border services.
• Transtar Travel will start the operation of its TS1, TS3, TS6, and TS8 services.
• SBS Transit will kick start its 160, 170, and 170Xbus services.
Operating hours of the bus services:
• Bus services - 160, 170, 170X, and 950 will run between 5.20 am and 12.30 am.
• Services 160, 170, and 950 will be operating at intervals of up to 20 minutes during peak hours and intervals of up to 25 minutes during off-peak hours.
• Service 170X will operate at intervals of up to nine minutes during peak hours and up to 17 minutes during off-peak hours.
Travellers can check LTA’s MyTransport.SG app or operators’ websites for bus operating hours and arrival timings.
On the other hand, Malaysian bus operator Causeway Link said it will also resume its CW1, CW2, CW5, and CW7 bus services from May 1, 2022.
Meanwhile, the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project is progressing well and on track to commence commercial operations in January 2027. The RTS link will provide an easy and efficient border crossing between Malaysia and Singapore.
RTS Operations Pte Ltd (RTSO), a Joint Venture (JV) Company between SMRT Corporation Ltd and Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, was formed to design, build, and finance the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link operating assets, trains, tracks, systems, and more.
Commenting on the same, Neo Kian Hong, SMRT CEO, said: “Keeping Singapore moving is more than just providing safe and reliable trains and buses. It is about developing an ecosystem of connected services from home to destination.” Neo Kian Hong further added: “We delivered safe and reliable public transport services, promoted a sense of community by bringing important services to the stations, invested in our workforce to ensure they remain employable and adopted environmental, social, and governance principles across our businesses to generate long term value for our stakeholders.”
While Seah Moon Ming, SMRT Chairman, said: “We are pleased that the RTS Link project has achieved a significant milestone. When completed, the RTS Link will provide better and faster connectivity for communities living and working on both sides of the Causeway. With an estimated hourly capacity of up to 10,000 passengers per direction, closer people-to-people ties will be fostered, and economic and social benefits will be generated by the project when completed.”
Conclusion
As the public bus and taxi services resume from Singapore to Malaysia, commuters will be able to travel easily as they used to in pre-Covid times. However, travellers need to comply with the travel requirements of Singapore and Malaysia to ensure smooth immigration clearance.
About the Author
Jiwon Lee
Jiwon has been working in the education sector for the past 10 years. Previously, she lived in Malaysia for five years and then moved to Singapore in 2012. She loves city life and enjoys writing about her travel experiences with people.
Some benefits of using Public Bus are as follows
By using public buses, it decreases the level of pollution in the air as it picks up and drops off a number of different people from one place to another whereas when a person travels from one place to another with a single driver it promotes air pollution.
Buses emit 10% as much hydrocarbons, 20 less carbon monoxide and 75% as much nitrogen oxides per passenger mile than a means of transport with a single person.
It is helpful in supporting communities financially:
For each and every amount of money invested in the public transport, it gives $4 in economic return, and also 50,000 jobs are created for every $1 billion in investment in the following sector.
It helps in increasing fuel efficiency:
