For trips to Genting, do note that the first alighting point is
in front of Highland Centre and final stop at First World bus
terminal.
Besides the popular Yong Peng stopover, I think the upcoming
popular stopover is at Restoran Kim Guan in Air Hitam (refer to my
earlier posts).
I asked Transtar when booking for my trip to Genting recently
and the lady who attended to me said that usually hi-deckers are
deployed for Genting trips that starts off in the morning. My
return trip was Transtar premium single-deck. the seats looks grand
and good but unfortunately not as comfortable as the typical sofa
type. and the air-con filter was so noisy throughout the journey.
even our public buses are not as noisy.
I ever tried an old Konsortium bus to Penang beginning of this
year and was comfortable.
So far, I still feel that Grassland buses are generally more
comfortable and the buses are relatively new.
Any differing opinons?
I do know that Transtar actually converted a First Class bus to
a Premium bus. Think it is AFC3333. I am not sure how the premium
buses are as I always stick to First class when travelling on
Transtar. I usually end up on the Single Deck MB (Mtrans), and
agree that the aircon filter can be quite noisy, but the aircon is
always freezing cold.
I once tried Five Star tours, and got onto a rickety old single
deck Scania. The interior had shell flat seats but it was worn out,
at least 4 PTV were not working, and two seats cannot recline. The
emergency exit was letting hot air in, and the driver like left his
underwear next to the door of the bus. When the bus was climbing
steep parts of the highway, the air con had to be switched off. We
were like overtaken by all the other buses. Lastly, there was a lot
of "illegal" stops. Oh, and the driver knocked into a road sign at
a rest stop. That's why I'll never go with 5 stars again. The only
plus is that the seats were soft and comfortable.
I avoided Konsortium as there was a period of time they were
suffering from a lot of crashes.
Generally, I only go for transtar first class, because I don't
know of other companies which do SIN-KL non stop. Also, no other
companies offer 2 seats abreast on the bus, and transtar first
class programmes on PTV are really good. But I'll be happy to try
Grassland next time, since it has much positive reviews.
