Singapore Travel Tips - How to Cross the Border To Neighboring Malaysia

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Alec_Chan]Alec Chan

Singapore is located off the southern tip of Malaysia. Therefore because of the close proximity to Malaysia, crossing the border from Singapore to Malaysia is very accessible. The town in Malaysia that is right across the border from Singapore is Johor Bahru (JB for short) which is in the Johor state in Malaysia. Typically visitors will cross over to JB for food, shopping, and for catching their onward transports to places further up in Malaysia (such as Melaka and Kuala Lumpur). Here are some travel tips on how to cross the border to Malaysia from Singapore.

There are two borders that connect the two countries. The first border gate, Woodlands Checkpoint, is located in the north of Singapore near the Kranji MRT station. This border crossing is the busiest out of the two. In order to cross through Woodlands Checkpoint, you can either take a taxi or take the public bus.

The taxi can only be taken from the Queens Street Terminal in the Bugis area of Singapore. The reason being is that only taxis found at this terminal have the necessary licenses that allow them to cross between the two countries. Therefore if you try to catch a cab elsewhere they will not cross the border, but instead just drop you off at the customs at Singapore side only.

Do take note that at Queens Street Terminal you can take both Malaysia and Singapore taxi cabs. The only difference is that if you take a Malaysia taxi cab, they can drop you off anywhere in JB, whereas a Singapore taxi cab will only drop you off at Kota Raya II Terminal in JB (which is near the JB city center).

If you are taking public bus, to JB through Woodlands Checkpoint, you can take the bus from Kranji MRT station. There are two popular bus services that go to JB. They are the Causeway Express (the yellow coloured bus), and the Bus # 170 (operated by SBS transport). One thing to take note is that during rush hour periods and during weekends after 10:00am you can expect a huge crowd waiting for the bus to Malaysia. Therefore it is advisable to avoid the peak periods should you want to take the bus.

As for the second border gate, it is located on the west side of Singapore. This checkpoint is known as the Second Link, and is less frequented by the locals as crossing through here is further away from the JB city center. So this is something you must take note of. You can only cross through this border by public bus from where you can board at the Jurong East Bus Interchange, which is located right beside the Jurong East MRT station. The only bus that serves this route is by Causeway Express (also a yellow coloured bus).

Crossing through the border from Singapore to Malaysia is made easy by these main ways described above. By taking note of these methods to cross the border this will help you to plan effectively for your journey to Malaysia from Singapore.

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