The Singapore-Johore Express (SJE) is a cross-border bus operator running a single bus route, plying between Queen Street Bus Terminal and Larkin Bus Terminal in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The popular route shares similar terminating points with the local Service 170 and Causeway Link CW2, with no en-route stops except for immigration checkpoints at Woodlands and JB CIQ.
- Passengers boarding at Larkin Ter must pay an RM1 facilities charge separate from the bus fare
SJE resumes service from 1 May 2022.
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| Route | Queen Street Bus Terminal ↔ Larkin Bus Terminal | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Woodlands Checkpoint, JB CIQ | |||||||||||
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| Common Fleet | MANÂ SU283F (A91) MAN RR8 |
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| Departure Timings from Queen Street |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 06:30 – 00:00 | ||||||||||||
| Departure Timings from Larkin |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 06:30 – 23:30 | ||||||||||||
| Frequency |
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| Â | ~30 mins | |||||||||||
| Fare Information (as of 2022) |
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| Fare | SGD $4.80 from Queen Street RM 4.80 from Larkin |
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The Singapore-Johore Express (SJE) is a cross-border route connecting Queen Street Bus Terminal to Johor Bahru City Centre and Larkin Bus Terminal, via Woodlands Checkpoint crossing. The route is one of three regular cross-border bus services operating out of Queen Street, along with Service 170 and Causeway Link CW2.
The route duplicates the Causeway Link CW2 entirely, with the exception that CW2 serves en-route stops in Johor Bahru while SJE does not. Service 170 on the other hand, plies a local route between Queen Street and Woodlands CIQ Complex via Bukit Timah and Upper Bukit Timah, and as a result, has a significantly longer journey time. Crossing the border, Causeway Link offers greater flexibility with passengers able to board any Causeway Link bus across the causeway after clearing immigration (Causeway Link operates a total of 3 routes).
Due to varying traffic conditions at the Causeway, travel times and waiting times may increase significantly when jams occur. The route does not call at en-route bus stops in Singapore and Malaysia, providing fast connections daily between its four stops at Queen Street, Larkin, and both land checkpoints.
Fares & Inter-Checkpoint Transfer:
At each checkpoint on the Singapore and Malaysian side of the border, passengers will have to alight and clear customs before boarding the bus again. When travelling between Woodlands CIQ Complex and Johor Bahru CIQ Complex in either direction, commuters can re-board any Singapore-Johore Express bus with a valid ticket.
Fares:
Charges section fares. Only Singapore currency is accepted when boarding the bus in Singapore, and Malaysian currency is accepted when boarding from Malaysia.
| Destination | Adult Fare | Concession Fare (Cash) |
| Queen Street → JB CIQ / Larkin | S$4.80 | TBC |
| Larkin / JB CIQ → Queen Street | RM4.80 | TBC |
- Children under 7 years of age travel free
- Children aged between 7 and 12 years old, Persons with Disabilities (OKU cardholders) and Seniors aged 60 and above qualify for Concession fares, which are 75% the price of adult fares
Payment by Ez-Link card and change for larger denominations is available when boarding from Queen Street Bus Terminal only.
Route Information:
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| Note: Green denotes roads in Singapore, Blue denotes roads in Johor Bahru, Malaysia | |
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Dear SJE Team,
I’ve been commuting on SJE Bus service to work on a regular basis ever since the border opening and SJE bus services have always been my preferred mode of transport even though I understand that the bus frequency in waiting time could take up to 30mins due to limited buses.
The journey has been quite smooth until recently, it is getting crowded during the wee hours as the pandemic situation returns to norms. I would like to address my experience concerning your employee bus conductor unfairness treatment during morning wee hours in Singapore custom arrival bus terminal. This is contrary to my experience with the bus conductor handling crowd control in the evening period on Singapore custom in the departure bus terminal.
I usually board the first bus from JB custom with approximately arrival time about 0605hrs to 0615hrs. The bus conductor in JB will only start selling ticket once the bus arrive and park in stationary position. Same goes to the ticketing counter at Queenstreet, the ticketing officer will only sell ticket upon bus arrival to those commuters in que.
As a Singaporean, oftenly I will be the first to reach the que on the arrival bus terminal after passing the screening section as there are Two automated lanes strictly for Singaporeans. Rest of the lane is usually crowded with Malaysians.
Once I reached the arrival Bus Terminal, I was taken aback that there was already que forming up about 5 to 8 commuters with some sitting on the safety wall with no sitting sign marked on the parapet surface. The conductor would start selling a blue colour ticket to those commuters that did not purchase from JB even though the bus had not arrived nor parked in a stationary position. Astonishingly, I have witnessed that the conductor pocketed $2-$4 from some commuters without giving them a ticket and joined the queue to be first in line.
Is this a standard practice to prioritize those who purchase directly from him to get first in line with guaranteed sitting and not those who purchase the ticket from JB to be on the back end queue? Please correct me if I’m wrong with the standard procedure if this is a common practice.
The reason I’m writing to you is because it is contrary to my experience boarding at SG custom departure bus terminal during the evening peak period. The conductor in the evening session deserves commendation for his professionalism in managing crowd control and will not sell the ticket to the extent of holding up the crowd to those who wish to buy tickets not until the person with valid ticket from Queenstreet is boarded. He even takes the initiative to check with the bus driver if the seats are full from Queenstreet for confirmation. He will only start selling after 8-10mins of waiting time which is understandable.
I’m not against the conductor for selling the ticket in the wee hours from SG custom Arrival terminal or pocketing $2-$4 to get first in line. But imagine if there were 10 or more commuters ahead of us that bought directly from him, those who had purchased the ticket from JB would eventually lose the seat and had to wait for the 2nd bus instead.
First time take this bus, bad experience with it, the bus neve wait for customer even i pass through custom within 5mins, but the price same as causeway $4.80 from queen street, I think they are cheating consumer
Hi do you provide the service that Singaporeans want to back Singapore from Malaysia by bus for non-VTL?
Seems like this service will still take time to recover even after 1st May.
How you complain ? I met the bus driver with less of safety awareness..i almost step out from bus when arrive MY custom on 14dec 11am..door is opening but bus is continue moving on when we want step out from bus..i feel nearly to die…
After many years of driving, I had the unforgiving unforgettable experience of trying to get a bus to Johor from Queen street. I couldn’t believe the place is still disorganized and to put it plainly, still in shambles. We have upgraded so many bus stations and I wonder why these place has not gone thru any such upgrading. I felt so ashamed for a little while as foreigners trying to figure out how to buy a ticket or where to line up for the bus? The same old rude old grumpy men whom find it a hard to give a straightforward answer. They don’t seem to have the patience to explain or be polite to customers. I wonder and wonder?? Even me as a Singaporean had a hard time to find out which Q is for which bus type or when I ask where to buy the ticket the answer I got was ”The bus is full”!!!!! I didn’t even get an answer for my question….. Passengers were treated like herds of cows lining up to be slaughtered.
Such disappointing experience & in the end I took an illegal JB private car to reach JB. Surprise that they even openly shouting ”Going JB Going JB $20!!
As a foreigner myself, I didn’t find using Queen St. Terminal especially difficult. Indeed not as nice as other bus terminals and the ticket counter tents don’t really fit into SG’s cityscape, taking bus is pretty straightforward, you just need to watch the route number.
A bit interesting practice though, that the tickets cost more from SG to JB than JB to SG, I still couldn’t figure out why departing from SG is more expensive, since the bus virtually takes the same route on each direction.