With the Malaysian currency currently at all-time low ($1 = RM2.78), there’s no better time than now to head to JB for your food and grocery fix. And come next month, there is a new shuttle train service that you can further bank on to get there.
Malaysia’s Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has just announced that their subsidiary KTM Intercity will offer a budget-friendly way to reach JB via Woodlands, to launch Jul 1. The shuttle service, which will cost $5 (Woodlands to JB) and just RM5 ($1.75) for the journey back, is a great way to relive those trains rides since the closure of the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.
The service will start from 5:30am from Johor Bahru Sentral, while services from Woodlands will start from 6:30am. There will be seven return journeys made per day (three in the mornings and four in the evenings during peak hours), and you can even head there for dinner and get back within the day. You’ll have to hurry, though. The train service back from JB will be at 10pm, while the last train from Woodlands is at 11pm. More updates here.
