New bus service starts between Woodlands, Johor Baru checkpoints

SINGAPORE — With the full reopening of the Singapore-Malaysia land borders on Friday (1 April), a new bus shuttle service will be available to take passengers between the two countries' checkpoints at the Causeway.

Transportation service company Causeway Link said in a Facebook post on Thursday that it will run a daily bus service between the Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore and the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Johor Baru.

The service will run at 15-minute time intervals, depending on traffic and custom clearance conditions. The first bus leaves at 6am from BSI and 6.30am from Woodlands Checkpoint, while the last bus is at 10pm at BSI and 10.30pm at Woodlands Checkpoint.

Causeway Link said in its Facebook post that the bus service accepts cash only, and advises passengers to prepare the exact fare before boarding. It costs S$2 when boarding from Singapore and RM2 when boarding from Malaysia.

Singapore and Malaysia have eased their border restrictions from Friday, allowing fully-vaccinated people from both countries to cross the land border by private transport without pre-departure or on-arrival testing.

Thousands of travellers crossed the Causeway after midnight on Friday, and queues were formed at Woodlands Checkpoint more than an hour before the border was fully reopened.

Those travelling across the Causeway can also choose to use designated vaccinated travel bus services, as Singapore and Malaysia work to restore more cross-border public bus services.

Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry advised last week that travellers should expect some traffic congestion, as there might be a surge in those looking to cross via the land borders. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has increased the number of automated lanes at the bus halls to beef up clearance capacity at Woodlands.

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