I did a so-called 'trial run' through the route with my dad last
week in his car. The new CIQ in Johor is pretty mordern but the bus
acess lane to the CIQ is shared with cars. There are three
lanes leading to the new checkpoint from Woodlands
direction. 1 for motorcycles, 1 for cars and 1 for bus and cars
combined.
I would say that the new route would take up 5 - 8 minutes more
if traffic flow is good. So, a few fleet additions should be
introduced. For Today, Sv 950, Sv 170 and Sv 160 were in a big mess
going through JB Sentral Bus Stop heading towards their respective
endpoints in JB thanks to the car jam going into Singapore.
The JB Sentral Bus Stop is located near the current Johor
Bahru KTM Station. JB Sentral is not yet completed as they are just
starting to lay the tracks that would take the trains up to
the JB Sentral platforms as it is above-ground.
