Cross-border bus services refer to public bus services plying between Singapore and Malaysia. They operate daily, catering to high volumes of cross-border passengers travelling between the two countries. These bus services are especially crowded during the weekday peak hours as Malaysia residents commute to and from Singapore for work, and on weekends when leisure travellers from Singapore head to and from Malaysia.
There are two road links between Singapore and Malaysia, namely the Johor–Singapore Causeway and Tuas Second Link, with the former being more popular due to its proximity to the city of Johor Bahru. Public bus services serve both road crossings and have immigration checkpoints at each side. The Causeway is served by Woodlands Checkpoint (Singapore) and Sultan Iskandar CIQ Complex (Malaysia), while the Tuas Second Link is served by Tuas Checkpoint (Singapore) and Sultan Abu Bakar CIQ Complex (Malaysia).
Most services operate between 5 am and midnight, with only CW2 between Queen Street and JB CIQ operating 24 hours.
Cross-Border Procedure
At each checkpoint, all passengers must alight from the bus at the designated alighting point, and proceed through immigration checks before re-boarding the bus. Customs processes for both Singapore and Malaysia are carried out at their respective checkpoints.
When re-boarding a bus after customs clearance, passengers can continue their journeys on the same group of bus services without incurring a new ride. For Singapore buses, tapping out at a checkpoint and tapping back onto any similar public transport bus service (160, 170, 170X or 950) will continue the journey. As for Causeway Link, journeys across the Causeway can be done on any bus service (via cashless payment modes / ManjaLink). Refer to on-site signage for more details.
Currently, cross-border services are operated by several Singapore and Malaysian bus operators, namely:
- SBS Transit (160, 170, 170X)
- SMRT Buses (950)
- Ridewell Travel (AC7)
- Causeway Link (CW-prefixed routes)
- Transtar Travel (TS-prefix routes)
- Singapore-Johore Express (SJE)
- WTS Travel (WTS9)
List of cross-border bus routes:
The most frequent cross-border services between Singapore and Johor Bahru are available at Woodlands Crossing (Causeway), which leads straight into Johor Bahru city. Alternately, some bus services head via the Tuas Second Link, which serves the western parts of Johor including the Gelang Patah, Nusajaya and Bukit Indah areas.
Only the main services that cross the border itself are reflected here. For route variants operating only within Johor, refer to Bus Transport in Johor Bahru.
The journey across the Causeway / Second Link can be made on any service operated by the same operator. (SBS Transit & SMRT Buses are considered as Singapore Public Transport Operators)
| Bus Services via Causeway (Woodlands Checkpoint ↔ JB CIQ) | ||
| Service | Route | Operator Group |
| 160 | Jurong Town Hall Interchange ↺ JB Sentral Terminal via Choa Chu Kang / Bukit Panjang · Woodlands Rd · Kranji MRT |
Singapore Public Buses (160, 170, 170X – SBS Transit; 950 – SMRT Buses) |
| 170 | Queen Street Terminal – Larkin Terminal via Bukit Timah · Upper Bukit Timah · Woodlands Rd · Kranji MRT |
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| 170X | Kranji MRT – JB Sentral Terminal | |
| 950 | Woodlands Temporary Interchange ↺ JB Sentral Terminal via Marsling MRT |
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| AC7 | Yishun Interchange – JB CIQ via Sembawang MRT |
Ridewell Travel |
| CW1 | Kranji MRT – JB CIQ to/from Larkin Terminal via connecting bus service CWL |
Causeway Link |
| CW2 | Queen Street Terminal – JB CIQ to/from Larkin Terminal via connecting bus service CWL |
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| CW5 | Newton Circus – JB CIQ to/from Larkin Terminal via connecting bus service CWL |
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| SJE | Queen Street Terminal – Larkin Terminal | Singapore-Johore Express |
| TS1 | Changi Airport – JB CIQ via Airport Terminal 2 · Woodlands MRT · Marsiling MRT Sector between Woodlands Checkpoint and JB CIQ also served by TSL |
Transtar Travel |
| TS8 | Resorts World Sentosa – JB CIQ via Cantonment Link · Outram Park MRT · Great World · Scotts/Stevens/Whitley Road Sector between Woodlands Checkpoint and JB CIQ also served by TSL |
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| WTS9 | Changi Airport – Taman Ungku Tun Aminah (TUTA) via Tampines MRT · Punggol MRT |
WTS Travel |
| Bus Services via Second Link (Tuas Checkpoint ↔ CIQ Second Link) | ||
| Service | Route | Operator Group |
| CW3 | Jurong Town Hall Interchange (Jurong East) – Perling Mall CIQ Second Link ↔ Perling Mall via connecting bus service CW3L |
Causeway Link |
| CW4 | Jurong Town Hall Interchange (Jurong East) – Pontian via Gelang Patah · Pekan Nanas |
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| CW4S | Jurong Town Hall Interchange (Jurong East) – Sutera Mall via Gelang Patah · Lima Kedai · Taman Ungku Tun Aminah CIQ Second Link ↔ Taman Ungku Tun Aminah & Sutera Mall via connecting bus service CW3S |
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| CW6 | Boon Lay – Perling Mall CIQ Second Link ↔ Perling Mall via connecting bus service CW3L |
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| CW7 | Tuas Link – Gelang Patah CIQ Second Link ↔ Gelang Patah via connecting bus service CW4G |
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| TS6 | Buona Vista MRT – Gelang Patah Sentral via one-North MRT · Gul Circle MRT · Tuas West Road MRT · Tuas Link MRT |
Transtar Travel |
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178 can amend to jb sentral and become a cross border service. Lost sectors can be covered by amending 950, whose local sectors is duplicating 856.
Kindly check your suggestion for svc 178 amend to jb sentral from which bus int, BNL or WDL? If from BNL int, no point amend to jb central. Thanks
I saw ManA22 euro 6 SG1859X have SPAD registration(sbs)!
operated on service 131 14 April 2022 2.13
Hello,This is cross border services related that comment should be in bus 131