This is to cater to the expected demand from people heading to
the Iskandar region in Johor.
Iskandar is a development corridor in the southern part of the
state, about three times the size of Singapore.
The two countries agreed on the move to 'enhance transport
links' after the fourth meeting of the Malaysia-Singapore Joint
Ministerial Committee earlier this month.
No deadline has been set for the move yet.
Operators of these cross-border services said it was a good move
to have more services and expressed interest in applying to run
them.
The services that now ply routes between Singapore and Johor
Baru are run by local companies SBS Transit, SMRT and
Singapore-Johore Express Bus Service, as well as Malaysian company
Handal Indah.
There is no limit to the number of trips that they can make per
day.
These buses are similar to regular service buses that run on
Singapore roads and are not the large express tour buses that go to
other parts of Malaysia such as Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh or Penang.
Said operations officer Wang Liang Jiong of Singapore-Johore
Express: 'If the opportunity arises, it is definitely one we will
consider.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits
Times.
Maybe the new routes should start from the South and East
too to cater.
So far, 160/170 serves West and Central area, SJE serves from
Central, 950 serves the North, CW1,2,3 also around the same area as
where the former also plies.
8 more, the checkpoints need to squeeze abit too
Will the causeway tahan the further increase in buses?
